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To: BeauBo

So then the monarchy still controls uk government.


24 posted on 07/23/2019 1:44:28 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Secret Agent Man

“So then the monarchy still controls uk government.”

Power is divided.

The Monarchy has a Constitutional role, and some Constitutional powers, but they are limited/enumerated.


25 posted on 07/23/2019 2:14:29 PM PDT by BeauBo
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To: Secret Agent Man
So then the monarchy still controls uk government.

Yes, in a sense. The Monarch has power to step in if a government is not following the constitution to resolve that situation.

However, Parliament has the power to abolish the Monarchy, or to replace the Monarch.

It's a balancing act - if a Monarch started acting like any sort of dictator, they could be removed from power, or even face the entire Monarchy being destroyed.

For a Monarch to intervene, they would need to decide that the situation is so serious, that the people will accept the Monarch's intervention - and for Parliament to remove the Monarch, or dissolve the Monarchy, they would have to decide that the situation is so serious, that the people would accept that.

33 posted on 07/23/2019 7:56:58 PM PDT by naturalman1975 ("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
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