Timeline for Is it plausible for a monarch to retain some real powers in a democracy?
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| May 1, 2019 at 6:58 | comment | added | Russell McMahon | @RayButterworth As a "getting older" New Zealander, just across pond from Australia, I'm well aware of the Queen's ability to dismiss and appoint Parliamentary heads, and of this having happened. While I agree that that would have been useful to include in my answer, I don't feel that it is the greatest example of the British monarchy's exercise of power. I feel (such things are necessarily opinion) that the aspects I mentioned have greater long term import than occasioning the very occasional changing of the guard. | |
| May 1, 2019 at 0:56 | comment | added | Ray Butterworth | Loved the photo, but I thought it would be accompanied by the real answer that everyone else seems to be missing. Unfortunately it wasn't. Queen Elizabeth does have power, and it is very real. See my answer. | |
| Jan 23, 2018 at 11:30 | history | answered | Russell McMahon | CC BY-SA 3.0 |