What does the queen actually do? What is her job?
404268
The Queen actually has no ruling power & her position exists merely due to our (UK) Constitutional Law. The Government could remove her power simply by stopping her income (but she & her family would still have a vast private income). The power she seems to hold is an illusion and only in existence because of historical precedence!\nIf she actually has no 'real' power we might ask why she even exists - this is an individual thing.\n\nThe simple fact is that the Queen & the Royal Family are excellent envoys & create more revenue than it costs the UK tax payer to maintain them!
1140092
This sentence is standard english.  \n\nSo is the Queen.
514420
At the moment it is a democracy/constitutional monarchy, where the queen is the head of state but does not wield any power.\n\nPreviously Britain has been ruled by an absolute monarchy within a feudal system as well as having Oliver Cromwell, who, I guess, would be described as a president at a time when representational democracy did not really happen (1641?)
508886
Yes, They have a queen, but she is not involved in the running of the country.
691373
I don't really consider the Queen or Royal family to be "in power" as it is a purely ceremonial role nowadays.\n\nI really don't have any time for the Royal family as I consider them an irrelevant soap opera although I am happy to just ignore them if they are around.
654894
Nothing really.All it is another way to run another contry. Its a monarchy.Really I don't know what is so special about royalty.Their just normal people like us.
129026
The Sultans play more of a "ceremonial" role- Very similary to the Queen of England.  In England, parliment and the Prime Minister make the decions but the Queen and the Royal Family serve as a figure head.
688609
The Queen is more respected, so it would be her.
931283
just the Queen has Sex with a few Lovers. :-)
370120
Basically they fulfil the same duties of a head of state, with ceremonial and the role as head of the military and the Church of England being important elements in the UK. The Queen also has to give her assent (nowadays a mere formality) to formally bring a law into force. As you may have seen on the recent BBC programmes, she also acts as a sort of confidential 'sounding board' to political leaders.\n\nI agree, I would like to see a Monarch with more power, although our constitution doesn't alas allow this (politicians are increasingly more interested in what's best for them and their popularity than in the country!) . I seriously think we should have an Executive Monarch, like the US has an executive President... and who knows, useless heads might really roll then! :-)
949146
Wait a minute... you mean there were 2 Lords?  Then who was the King?  What about the Queen?  Were there 2 Ladies?  Now I'm really confused?
734435
The title "Prime Minister" refers to the days when the Prime Minister's job was to minister to the Monarch who ruled the country. It's actually quite a derogatory title in its way! Nowadays, whilst the Prime Minister may be at the head of the government, ruling the country, they're still technically the Queen's Prime Minister, which is why they have to report to her on the political situation of the country. Technically the Queen still has the right to dissolve her government if she chooses, and the Prime Minister is technically still under her rule. I'm sure the country would be happy if she were to sack Tony Blair, dissolve the government and call a general election, but that's not really going to happen. It's more of a keeping of the traditions, because the monarch wouldn't use those powers, democracy being as important a principle to them as it is to the rest of the country.
936786
That's an interesting question. Are you referring to Her Majesty's immediate family?\nThe list of successors to the throne is very long. (Too long to list them all here, in fact.) So, unless every person on the list died, someone would succeed Queen Elizabeth to the throne.\nIf all the successors somehow died, it would be tragic, to be sure. But the British government would continue to function, without missing a beat. This is because the royal family no longer wields any real political power.
191906
the queen is nothing but a lazy b%^ch
771378
When Her Majesty enters the halls of Her Parliments, the Head of State arrives to address Her Government. \n\nWhen Her Majesty walks into a room the entire environment changes. Those who were once "anti-monarchy" are suddenly transformed to charmed admirers, and fall in love with HM.\n\nWhy? In Herself is the State, She is England. She represent history. She represents the present. She and Her heirs represent the future. It is awesome to find oneself in Her persence. \n\nYou may not agree with the need to have monarchy any longer. But once you meet The Queen, you may change your miind.\n\nLove live The Queen!
948932
she is evil..... she convinces macbeth to kill duncan....so she could be queen\nshe has a concience however... she becomes crazy and immagines blood on her hands.. she also kills her slef
866855
George see the andswer to the previous questions - HM the Queen is given her role as a heridatary birth right. It passes to her first born son should she die or adbdicate. The preople have no say in the Monarch and it is done solely by position of birth.