HISTORY
ABSOLUTISM AND REVOLUTION
Question
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Absolute Monarch
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Limited Monarch
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Direct Democracy
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Representative Democracy
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Detailed explanation-1: -As the sovereign head of state, the queen was also the head of the Armed Forces, which gave her the power to declare war and sign treaties. But like her other reserve powers, she exclusively acted under the advice of government ministers, including the prime minister.
Detailed explanation-2: -Governments come and go-they can even be toppled-but Monarchy endures. The continuity a Sovereign brings to their country ensures stability through a single figure, who often has the power to intervene should a situation require it, assisting in running the state as part of a system of checks and balances.
Detailed explanation-3: -Today constitutional monarchies are mostly associated with Western European countries such as the United Kingdom, Netherlands, Belgium, Norway, Denmark, Spain, Luxembourg, Monaco, Liechtenstein, and Sweden. However, the two most populous constitutional monarchies in the world are in Asia: Japan and Thailand.