People often think of kings and queens behaving like dictators. It seems that monarchs aren’t accountable to anyone for their power; you can’t vote them out of office if you don’t like them, and they can do virtually anything they like in their kingdom. They’re rich, powerful, and privileged, and their subjects have to obey them, no matter what.
The monarchy in Britain used to be like that description. It was an executive monarchy in which rulers made laws. Some kings claimed that they ruled by divine right – in other words, they were God’s representatives, and what they said went.
These days, the British monarchy’s not like that. It’s what is called a constitutional monarchy, where the king or queen governs according to a constitution or set of rules. In Britain, these rules make it very clear exactly how much power the monarch has and how he or she can act in virtually any situation.
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