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Guides: Types of Government

Last Updated: Monday September 12 2005 14:15 GMT

Monarchy

The Queen at the State Opening of Parliament
A monarchy has a king or queen.

In some traditional monarchies, the monarch has absolute power.

But a constitutional monarchy, like the UK, also has a democratic government that limits the monarch's control.



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