AHC: British Monarch usurps democracy

I've thought for a while that it would be very interesting if, in 2003, HM had turned around and said 'no, I'm Commander-in-Chief and I don't think there's enough evidence to justify invading Iraq'. Just about plausible, and a massive constitutional crisis.

I'd presume that HM would be seeing the same intelligence as the government was. While we now know it was wrong they were basing their decisions on what was there. Also one wonders what Her opinion on genocidal dictators is? ;)
 
Would this- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1975_Australian_constitutional_crisis constitute what is being asked for, yes it a representative of the Queen, the Governor-General, and being in Australia; but I see no reason the Queen can't theoretically do the same in the UK herself and dismiss a Prime Minister at a whim.

Last British Monarch to dismiss a PM they did not like was William IV. I suspect it would be a dangerous thing to try now, unless the PM was monumentally unpopular, or the government was acting in a dictatorial manner.
 
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