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Originally Posted by W.E.B. Du Bois
That's interesting. I don't know jack about the Spanish monarchy. Didn't even know they had one. I also didn't know that the English queen was "powerful." I was under the impression that ever since the so-called Glorious Revolution hundreds of years ago, the monarchy in Britain was hobbled. What can the Queen of Britain do that you would say that she is "powerful?"
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i just lifted these from wiki
The refusal to dissolve Parliament when requested by the Prime Minister. This was last reputedly considered in 1910 (but George V later changed his mind) [citation needed];
To appoint a Prime Minister of her own choosing. This was last done in Britain in 1963 when Elizabeth II appointed Sir Alec Douglas-Home as Prime Minister.
The dismissal of a Prime Minister and his Government on the Monarch's own authority. This was last done in Britain in 1834 by King William IV; and
The refusal of the Royal Assent, last exercised in 1708 by Queen Anne when she withheld Royal Assent from the Scottish Militia Bill 1708
The refusal of the "Queen's Consent," where direct monarchical assent is required for a bill affecting, directly or by implication, the prerogative, hereditary revenues—including ultimus haeres, treasure trove, and bona vacantia—or the personal property or interests of the Crown to be heard in Parliament. In 1999, Queen Elizabeth II, acting on the advice of the government, refused to signify her consent to the Military Action Against Iraq (Parliamentary Approval) Bill, which sought to transfer from the monarch to Parliament the power to authorize military strikes against Iraq.