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Originally posted by Don Vercetti:
I'm not educated on England's present government but hasn't a monarchy been dead? Isn't the government the Parliament and not the royal family?
In all European countries, the monarchy only has a symbolic power. The grade of symbolism depends; in Belgium for instance no law can be installed without the king signing it. But then again, he doesn't has a choice, he just has to sign it.
In some countries, the king has a bit influence in the society, in other countries, he just has to smile, and appear in the crowd a bit.

In Germany, even the president only has a symbolic function.

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See, we can act as smart as we want, but at the end of the day, we still follow a guy who fucks himself with kebab skewers.