kevoboi
She doesn't need too. I think if she feels that a change must be done that she would. If not why fix what is not broken?

Clo
The Queen is a constitutional monarch who prefers that the elected heads of state carry on the best that they can.She has to be very mindful of how she wields her powers because there are many anti-monarchists who would say that she is abusing her powers.The Queen has come pretty close to dismissing Parliament and Prime Minister at least once,but preferred to help them out instead of kick them out of their jobs.

Kate J
The answer to your title question is: the constitution. That's what a constitutional monarchy IS...limitations on the monarch. And she never actually DOES such things, I imagine, because there is no CALL for her to do them.

Leopald
The Queen is Actually Queen to a Quarter of the Worlds Population and head of state to all places below; England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, The Channel Islands, The Isle of Mann, Anguilla, Bermuda, British Antarctic Territory, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Montserrat, Pitcairn Islands, Saint Helena, Ascension, Tristan da Cunha, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia, Turks and Caicos Islands, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Belize, Antigua and Barbuda, and Saint Kitts and Nevis. The Queen of The United Kingdom Great Britain and Northern Ireland has a similar role to the US President; She is head of the armed forces, She is head of the Church of England, She guides and advises the PM (Government), She has the power to close Parliament if she needs to, All laws have to go through her, She represents Many nations and entertains foreign heads of state. The President is really just an overseer the same as the Queen as he"cannot directly introduce legislation", it is the government under him that has the power. The Queen has only used her powers a few times in her reign which have been quite controversial. Any situation in which the Queen would need to use her powers is quite dire, which in turn has led to unfavorable media coverage, that seems to have discouraged the Queen from using her powers. Sir Alec Douglas-Home becoming Prime Minister is a good example of this.

Dude
She would never do anything that would upset the status quo,she has the power but there is a need to use that power wisely.The last time she used her powers to dismiss a Prime Minister was I believe when she dismissed an Australian Prime Minister.There is no need to use powers if things are running smoothly.

Paco
In 1975 people remembered that she was Queen when she dismissed the prime minister of australia. ---------------------- The Queen prefers to be above politics if possible. That is why she doesn't normally goes against her ministers. She feels her power is stronger if she doesn't get involved. I think that it was Queen Victoria who first realized that a sovereign is better off if they don't get involved in politics, and instead take the higher road of supporting charities and being the personalization of the nation. Prior to her, Kings had political opinions and supported one party or the other. ---------------- The Queen has seen probably the greatest decrease in the personal wealth of the sovereign. In some sense the biggest decrease came in 1760 when King George III gave up the crown estates to parliament in exchange for the civil list. But Queen Elizabeth's personal wealth is mostly composed of her inheritance from her mother. When she was first crowned Queen she had a yacht and a lot more money. ------------- Personally, I think that Charles will give up the last two estates that are personal property of the monarch (Balmoral and Sandringham). He will give them to the nation in exchange so he doesn't have to keep them up himself. Perhaps he will keep Balmoral.

aphraar
I'm not going to lose myself in an endless sermon. Just let me say that she has more power than most people think and she indeed once removed somebody from Office.

Mike K
Hello, Well the simplest answer would be that the monarchy lost its absolute power in 1649 when King Charles I lost the English Civil war as well as his head in the struggle of the king vs parliament with respect to supremacy.After Oliver Cromwell's death, the monarchy was brought back with vastly reduced powers and becoming more symbolic. Cheers, Michael Kelly