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by ashtonkem 1609 days ago
She uses power, we just don’t get to see it. She gets final review over any law that affects her estates before it’s submitted to parliment, which includes anything related to tax and employment law.

The whole “the queen is just this beloved and powerless figurehead” is propaganda.

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Indeed, I recall the stink when this came out: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/jul/28/queen-secret...

She used "Queen's consent" to make sure she is the only person in Scotland who is exempted from a law designed to cut carbon emissions.