King

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The King is the reigning male monarch who serves as the head of state of the United Kingdom within its constitutional monarchy system.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional monarch
head of state
monarch
appointedBy hereditary succession
associatedCity London, England
surface form: "London"
associatedInstitution British monarchy
British Parliament
surface form: "Parliament of the United Kingdom"
ceremony coronation
commanderInChiefOf British Armed Forces
country United Kingdom
duty appoint the Prime Minister
grant Royal Assent to legislation
open and prorogue Parliament
receive foreign ambassadors
undertake state visits
flag Royal Standard of the United Kingdom
genderRequirement male
governmentForm constitutional monarchy
languageOfTitle English
legalSystemContext United Kingdom constitutional law
monarchOf Kingdom of England
surface form: "England (historical)"

Great Britain
surface form: "Great Britain (historical)"

Kingdom of Scotland
surface form: "Scotland (historical)"

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
surface form: "United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (historical)"
oath Coronation Oath
officeCreation 1707 union of England and Scotland (as King of Great Britain)
officeModification 1801 union creating the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
1927 change to United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
powers largely ceremonial
residual prerogative powers
predecessorOfficeTitle British monarch
surface form: "Queen of the United Kingdom"
religiousRole Supreme Governor of the Church of England
residence Balmoral Castle
Buckingham Palace
Clarence House
Sandringham House, Norfolk, England
surface form: "Sandringham House"

Windsor Castle
role head of state of the United Kingdom
reigning male monarch
style His Majesty
successionLaw Act of Settlement 1701
Succession to the Crown Act 2013
symbolicRole symbol of continuity of the state
symbol of national unity
title British monarch
surface form: "King of the United Kingdom"

British monarch
surface form: "King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland"
titleHolder Charles Philip Arthur George
surface form: "Charles III"

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