What can the Queen do?

Question

By this, I mean: what can the Queen actually do? Does she have any really special "powers"? And, no, I know she's not a superhero, haha :P

Answer 1

I wish she would go away and take her family with her to h**l xx

Answer 2

She can cook desired food for king. I want desired food from my Q.

Answer 3

I think the queen serves as our head of state (as rightly so).  She brings a lot of status to our country and kingdom and I would defend her any day.

Answer 4

She has no political powers.  All she can do is eat, sleep, and drink.  She can also give out nighthoods.  The queen likes to breed dogs and horses.

Answer 5

As a princess,young Elizabeth was trained as an ambulance driver who helped carry wounded soldiers off the ships  and get them to hospitals during WWII. She was also trained as a mechanic not just on jeeps or trucks but on tanks as well.

As a monarch,she is kept up to date on all intelligence and covert activity at all times. She is the only member of the royal family who along with senior members of Parliament who are allowed to see and read classified documents.

She is also responsible for bringing  in foreign investment to Britain to provide badly needed jobs.Did you know the royals pay almost double the tax rate than other Brits?

She bestows honors and provides advice to members of Parliament when the need arises.

Answer 6

She has almost no formal power in the government of the United Kingdom. Very few monarchs in Europe have any formal power. She spends hours every day being briefed and reading up on the affairs of state. Her powers are all informal.

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  In the USA, the first lady has almost no formal power, and she doesn't even get a salary. Suprisingly, the Vice President of the United States has almost no formal power either. His biggest power is that his vote can break ties in the Senate (which almost never happens).

Answer 7

From http://www.royal.gov/uk/output/Page4691....

"The Queen's role in Parliament is:

Assenting to Bills passed by Parliament, on the advice of Ministers;

Giving audiences to Ministers, at which Her Majesty may be consulted, encourage and warn;

Opening each new session of Parliament;

Proroguing or dissolving Parliament before a general election."

The Queen calls General Elections,appoints and advises the Prime Minister: see http://www.royal.gov/uk/output/Page4692....

She does the same for the separate Scottish Parliament: see http//www.royal.gov/uk/output/Page4700.a...

"Scotland had its own Parliament until the Act of Union of 1707, when the Parliament in London took responsibility for legislation in Scotland.

In a referendum on 11 September 1997, a majority of the Scottish public voted in favour of a Scottish Parliament.

The first session was held on 12 May 1999 and the Scottish Parliament was officially opened by The Queen on 1 July 1999 in its temporary building on the Mound in Edinburgh.

The new Scottish Parliament building was formally opened by The Queen on 9 October 2004. The building is sited opposite the Palace of Holyroodhouse and The Queen's Gallery in Edinburgh.

With 129 members (including the Presiding Officer) elected every four years, the Scottish Parliament can introduce primary legislation and is responsible for a portfolio which includes education, health, law, environment, economic development, local government, housing and police. It also has the power to vary the basic rate of income tax by up to three pence in the pound.

Under legislation which established the Scottish Parliament, Members of the Scottish Parliament take the oath of allegiance to the Crown.

The Queen also receives a weekly report from the Scottish Parliament on its business, given its specific legislative role.

The Queen appoints the Scottish First Minister and has regular audiences with him or her to keep up to date with Scottish affairs. "

The Queen also works with The Welsh Assembly: see http://www.royal.gov/uk/output/Page4701....

And of course the Queen must advise the Northern Ireland Assembly: http://www.royal.gov/uk/output/Page4702....

The Queen is Head of the Privy Council,which is the oldest form of of legislative assembly still functioning in the UK, responsible for a number of executive responsibilities.

"the Privy Council is concerned with the affairs of Chartered Bodies, the 400 or so institutions, charities and companies who are incorporated by Royal Charter.

The Privy Council also has an important part to play regarding certain UK statutory regulatory bodies covering a number of professions (mainly in the healthcare field) and in the world of higher education.

The Privy Council is involved in the arrangements for the appointment of the High Sheriffs of England and Wales, except for the Duchy of Lancaster and Cornwall, and for many Crown and Privy Council appointments to governing bodies.

The Privy Council also has certain judicial functions. It is the court of final appeal for the UK overseas territories and Crown dependencies, and for those Commonwealth countries that have retained the appeal to Her Majesty in Council, including Jamaica, Barbados, Antigua and Barbuda, Belize and Tuvalu.



The Privy Council meets on average once a month, at Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle, or, occasionally, Balmoral. Councils are held by The Queen and are attended by Ministers and the Clerk of the Council.

At each meeting the Council will obtain The Queen's formal approval to a number of Orders which have already been discussed and approved by Ministers, much as Acts of Parliament become law through the giving of the Royal Assent after having been debated in Parliament.

In addition, The Queen approves Proclamations through the Privy Council. These are formal notices which cover issues such as the dissolution of Parliament, coinage and the dates of certain Bank Holidays.

Privy Council meetings are reported in the Court Circular, along with the names of Ministers attending (usually four in number).

The Orders made at each Council are in the public domain, and each bears the date and place of the Council at which it was made. There is therefore nothing at all 'secret' about Privy Council meetings today. "

Her primary duties are advisory;her most important task is as a unifying force,but as you know,she can't force people to get a long--she's the Queen,not Superqueen.