Are British royals eligible to hold political office?

Isn’t the house of lords royal representatives? To the Wikipedia! (It says yes)

You are talking about representatives of the crown, not actually members of the royal family. And I mean aside from royal and noble ranks such as baron or earl. I realize someone such as Prince Charles is a duke and has official duties, so it technically could be said he is holding a political office.

I don’t think they are prohibited from it so it should be legal.

No – they can’t. you can’t be a figurehead and a politician at the same time; although you can be an ass and a politician quite easily.

Interesting Q. The House of Lords is for hereditary peers, not representatives of the royal family. But what if someone who were, let’s say 29th in line to the throne (just to pick a number) were to get elected to the House of Commons from some borough? Is that possible, I wonder?

My guess would be no.

The aristocracy is so inbred, aren’t many of the peers somehow related to the royal family?

No, but as with all things royal, it gets complicated.
The Queen is the head of state & cannot stand for political office or even vote, it’s considered unconstitutional for her or her heirs.
Here’s the dumb part, she could, but won’t, stand in the European parliament, but that’s no more than a token, theoretical possibility.
Just a quick word on hereditary peers, since 1999 they’re no longer eligible in the House of Lords, this is a good thing.

They are prohibited. A person in government office must be eligible to sit in the House of Commons and the aristocracy are not permitted to do that (that’s why it’s called the House of Commons – common people).

There is nothing in the remotest bit common about George fucking Osbourne, he’s a rancid toffee nosed snob of the highest order.

Lord of the privies is open to nobles. Just ask the Black Adder.

Didn’t robin hood men in tights make that joke about king john?

Blackadder is just the one word, being his surname & all.

@ucme It is sometimes spelled as two words. See this DVD cover, for example.

@glacial Well that’s just a stylised manufacturing tool, marketing execs do love their word play.
Although to be fair, the first series was called The Black Adder, given that Edmund was but a lowly heir with delusions of grandeur looking for a cool name to call himself.
Every other series depicted his descendants, whose surname was Blackadder.

Wait blackadder is a real surname? I see jk Rowling was in fact using restraint when she named her characters.

@ucme I’m not sure I see the point of dismissing the cover title as a “stylized manufacturing tool” (whatever that means), then admitting that it has indeed been spelled as two words.

I’ll just take that as a “Why yes, you are quite right.”

@glacial I won’t push my point further as it’s clear your intellect has reached a boundary.
Save to say, for what it’s worth, you were at most half right, see my expansion on the subject.
That’s okay though, it really doesn’t matter at all, feel free to cherry pick a quote of your choice & define it as you will.

“as it’s clear your intellect has reached a boundary.”

You stay classy, @ucme. I said nothing to you that deserved insults.