In Great Britain today, the role of the queen is
completely ceremonial. She (and whoever comes after her as monarch) has absolutely no
actual power. In political science terms, she is the head of state for Great Britain
but is not head of government.
It is said that the current
queen has at least a bit of influence because she has been around so long. She is kept
"in the loop" on important matters of government and actually talks to Prime Ministers
relatively often. However, she is not able to exert any power over them other than
perhaps some persuasive power if they choose to give it to
her.
Instead, all the monarch does is to be a symbol of
British unity and of the British nation -- in other words, she is the head of
state.
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