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Lately when I've heard people talk about the remaining monarchies in Europe, especially Great Britain, is that they are effectually 'rubber-stampers' in the system.

What I mean is that while a constitutional monarchy gives the monarch a 'de jure' role behind the power of the government, in practice most politicians and the citizens themselves either choose to ignore or forget this and thus the practical power lies with the elected official themselves.

Further, they say, that the moment that the monarch does use any of their reserved power, even if it was legal and justified at the time, it would essentially end of them ever stepping into the affairs of government again.

Essentially their the old grampa that is allowed to 'chose' what he wants for breakfast, but has that allusion removed once they chose something we would never give them.

So my challenge is have it so that even into the mid to lat 20th century, the use of reserved power by the reigning king or queen would be seen as something that may be a necessary action that is not undermining democracy, rather than an attempt to restore government of the middle ages (rough view people seem to have)
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