Le Roy le veult

Le Roy le veult (/lə ˈrɔɪ lə ˌvʌlt/) ("The King wills it") or La Reyne le veult (/læ ˈreɪn lə ˌvʌlt/) ("The Queen wills it") is a Norman French phrase used in the Parliament of the United Kingdom to signify that a public bill (including a private member's bill) has received royal assent from the monarch. During the Anglo-Norman rule of England, the kings were titled Roy, Roi, Rey, Rei and the Latin Rex, all meaning "King". Usage of this phrase is a legacy of the time prior to 1488 when parliamentary and judicial business was conducted in Norman, the language of the educated classes dating to the Norman Conquest of 1066. It is one of a small number of Norman phrases that continue to be used in the course of parliamentary procedure.