What r the powers of Queen of England (queen elizabeth)?
The Queen,as a Constitutional Monarch shares powers with them,but she can dissolve(shut down)Parliament. She acts as Head of State, formally appointing prime ministers, approving certain legislation and bestowing honours.The Queen also has official roles to play in other organisations, such as the Armed Forces and the Church of England. As a system of government, Constitutional Monarchy has many strengths. One is that it separates out the ceremonial and official duties of the Head of State from party politics. Another is that a Consitutional Monarchy provides stability, continuity and a national focus, since the Head of State remains the same even as governments come and go. The Queen has an advisory role,and reads all state paper work; her powers are discussed at http://www.royal.gov.uk/output/page4683.… “The British Sovereign can be seen as having two roles: Head of State, and ‘Head of the Nation’. As Head of St
In the past, the monarchs of the United Kingdom (as well as its predecessor states) had far more extensive powers than they do today. The almost unmitigated authority of the sovereign was really first put into check in 1100, when, at the accession of Henry I, the Charter of Liberties was issued. The Charter of Liberties ensured certain laws would be upheld by the King in regard to the nobles and church officials. Fast forward a little over a century to 1215 with the issuance of the better known Magna Carta, which further limited the actions of the monarch (at least in theory; in practice the monarch continued to exercise near absolute authority). Over the next few centuries little was done to effectively hamper any further powers of the king, but the 17th century, which saw the English Civil War and the subsequent Restoration, was an important turning point. Both of these events saw increased limitation of the monarch’s authority, and the Glorious Revolution which followed in 1688 ceme
