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k__
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Queen Elizabeth II has died
I had the impression royality is a bigger deal in the UK than in the rest of the world.
foldr
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“The rest of the world” is casting pretty wide net. Was the Queen a more hands-on monarch than Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud?
k__
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Right.
I meant, in constitutional monarchies.
yung_steezy
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Technically the monarch has the power to veto laws that they disagree with instead of signing them in the UK, but in practice that hasn't happened since the 18th century.
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