The British monarch, currently King Charles III, is the head of state of the United Kingdom. Though he takes little direct part in government, the Crown remains the fount in which ultimate power over the executive government, the judiciary, the legislature and the established Church of England formally lies. These powers are known as the royal prerogative and cover a vast amount of things, such as the issue or withdrawal of passports, the appointment or dismissal of the prime minister or even the declaration of war. The powers are delegated from the Crown primarily to the Prime Minister, who may freely appoint privy councillors, junior ministers and other officers and servants of the Crown, (civil, military, diplomatic, and others such as the secret services) to exercise them. All powers are subject to the Rule of Law, so that the legality of their exercise may always be judicially reviewed and quashed by the High Court, and their exercise is supervised by Parliament when it is sitting. The exercise of most powers by His Majesty's Government generally does not require the consent of Parliament; but certain statutory powers are subject to positive or negative resolutions of Parliament, notably the powers to make delegated legislation by Statutory Instruments, and to make certain Rules and Orders.
the british monarch currently king charles iii is the head of state of the united kingdom though he takes little direct part in government the crown remains the fount in which ultimate power over the executive government the judiciary the legislature and the established church of england formally lies these powers are known as the royal prerogative and cover a vast amount of things such as the issue or withdrawal of passports the appointment or dismissal of the prime minister or even the declaration of war the powers are delegated from the crown primarily to the prime minister who may freely appoint privy councillors junior ministers and other officers and servants of the crown (civil military diplomatic and others such as the secret services) to exercise them all powers are subject to the rule of law so that the legality of their exercise may always be judicially reviewed and quashed by the high court and their exercise is supervised by parliament when it is sitting the exercise of most powers by his majesty's government generally does not require the consent of parliament; but certain statutory powers are subject to positive or negative resolutions of parliament notably the powers to make delegated legislation by statutory instruments and to make certain rules and orders