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In his capacity as Westarctica's Foreign Minister, the Duke was extremely active and helped inspire the international members of the [[Honorary Consular Corps]]. With [[Royal Decrees|Royal Decree RD-2021-001]], [[Grand Duke Travis]] gave the Foreign Minister nearly autonomous authority over his office to help speed activities without waiting for approval from the Crown. | In his capacity as Westarctica's Foreign Minister, the Duke was extremely active and helped inspire the international members of the [[Honorary Consular Corps]]. With [[Royal Decrees|Royal Decree RD-2021-001]], [[Grand Duke Travis]] gave the Foreign Minister nearly autonomous authority over his office to help speed activities without waiting for approval from the Crown. | ||
On 11 February 2021, the Duke of Goldstream resigned from his position as Foreign Minister | In early February of 2021, Prime Minister Farmer learned that the Foreign Minister had been signing treaties of mutual recognition with other micronations. The Prime Minister pointed out that, moving forward, these needed legislative review, as required by the constitution. The Foreign Minister responded that he felt this review undermined executive authority and that he would not submit to it, saying he did not think the constitution actually granted such review authority in a way he was bound to. After several attempts to resolve the issue, the Prime Minister filed documents with the [[Grand Ducal Court]] to halt all treaty negotiation, and to get a copy of existing treaties that he felt were in violation of the law, to review and approve and bring in line what he saw as the required processes. | ||
On 11 February 2021, the Duke of Goldstream resigned from his position as Foreign Minister in protest to the Prime Minister's actions. Right before he resigned, he attempted to completely disband the [[Honorary Consular Corps]]. This caused a minor crisis that led to an injunction from the Grand Ducal Court staying the dismissal of consuls while [[Grand Duke Travis]] was consulted. This whole affair was the first time the entire bench of the Grand Ducal Court was needed for anything. After resigning, the Duke became a private citizen of [[Westarctica]] and did not engage with the community again until his passing almost two years later. | |||
==Viscount Grier== | ==Viscount Grier== | ||