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Originally Posted by F-U-Jimmy
The Royal Family are really just a tourist attraction they have long since lost any real power in the UK.
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WRONG ; the Royals have real power although it is well hidden...
Domestic Affairs
The appointment and dismissal of ministers;
The summoning, prorogation and dissolution of Parliament;
Royal assent to bills;
The appointment and regulation of the civil service;
The commissioning of officers in the armed forces;
Directing the disposition of the armed forces in the UK;
Appointment of Queen's Counsel;
Issue and withdrawal of passports;
Prerogative of mercy. (Used to apply in capital punishment cases. Still used, eg to remedy errors in sentence calculation)
Granting honours;
Creation of corporations by Charter;
Foreign Affairs
The making of treaties;
Declaration of war;
Deployment of armed forces overseas;
Recognition of foreign states;
Accreditation and reception of diplomats.
She also has £17,000,000,000 in wealth....
In a moment of crisis she will use her power to support the rich. She quite often changes laws. At the moment when our governments bend over backwards to blow the rich the role of the Queen is not seen. If we ever have a radical government representing the working people, the poor and the great unwashed you will she this cunt in action for the rich.