British monarch

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head of state monarchy

The British monarch is the hereditary sovereign who serves as the ceremonial and constitutional head of the United Kingdom and its associated realms.

Aliases (31)

Monarch of the United Kingdom ×90
King of the United Kingdom ×26
Sovereign of the United Kingdom ×22
Queen of the United Kingdom ×9
the British monarch ×6
British monarchs ×5
King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ×5
British monarchy ×4
Queen of Great Britain ×4
Head of the Commonwealth ×3
King of Great Britain ×3
English monarchs ×2
King of the British Dominions ×2
King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ×2
Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ×2
monarch of the United Kingdom ×2
British monarch in Malta ×1
British monarch in Pakistan ×1
British sovereign ×1
British throne ×1
Emperor of India ×1
King of England ×1
King of Ireland ×1
King of the Dominions of the British Commonwealth ×1
King of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms ×1
Queen of Canada ×1
Queen of the United Kingdom as colonial monarch of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands ×1
Supreme Governor of the Church of England ×1
The Monarch of the United Kingdom ×1
the Monarch of the United Kingdom ×1
the Sovereign of the United Kingdom ×1

Statements (67)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	head of state → monarchy →
alsoKnownAs	British sovereign → Crown → Monarch of the United Kingdom →
appointedBy	hereditary succession →
ceremonialEvent	Remembrance Sunday national service → State Opening of Parliament → Trooping the Colour →
commanderInChiefOf	British Armed Forces →
constitutionalRole	guarantor of constitutional continuity → symbol of national unity →
coronationLocation	Westminster Abbey →
country	United Kingdom →
currentIncumbent	Charles III →
duty	appoint the Prime Minister → deliver the King’s Speech → grant Royal Assent to legislation → meet weekly with the Prime Minister → open and prorogue Parliament → represent the UK on state visits →
establishedInCurrentForm	1707 Acts of Union →
furtherDefinedBy	Act of Settlement 1701 → Acts of Union 1800 → Bill of Rights 1689 → Royal Marriages Act 1772 → Statute of Westminster 1931 → Succession to the Crown Act 2013 →
governedBy	unwritten constitution of the United Kingdom →
governmentForm	constitutional monarchy →
historicalPrecursor	English monarch → Scottish monarch →
inaugurationCeremony	coronation →
incumbentSince	8 September 2022 →
jurisdiction	British Overseas Territories → Commonwealth realms → Crown dependencies → United Kingdom →
legalPersonality	the Crown →
legalStatus	sovereign →
patronOf	numerous charities and organisations →
power	royal prerogative →
powerExercisedThrough	Cabinet of the United Kingdom → Prime Minister of the United Kingdom →
predecessor	Elizabeth II →
religiousRole	Supreme Governor of the Church of England →
residence	Balmoral Castle → Buckingham Palace → Palace of Holyroodhouse → Sandringham House → Windsor Castle →
residesIn	London →
respectsPrinciple	parliamentary sovereignty →
role	ceremonial head of state → constitutional head of state →
successionType	hereditary →
symbol	Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom → Royal Standard of the United Kingdom →
title	Defender of the Faith → Duke of Lancaster → Duke of Normandy → Head of the Commonwealth → King of the United Kingdom → Lord of Mann → Queen of the United Kingdom →
titleStyle	Her Majesty → His Majesty →

Referenced by (321)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Advocate General for Scotland ("Monarch of the United Kingdom") → Archbishop of York → Attorney General for England and Wales ("the Monarch of the United Kingdom") → Bailiff of Jersey ("Monarch of the United Kingdom") → British Ambassador to France ("King of the United Kingdom") → British Cabinet ("Monarch of the United Kingdom") → Cabinet Secretaries (Scottish Government) ("Monarch of the United Kingdom") → Cabinet Secretary for Education ("Monarch of the United Kingdom") → Cabinet Secretary for Justice ("Monarch of the United Kingdom") → Cabinet Secretary for the Constitution or External Affairs ("Monarch of the United Kingdom") → Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster ("Monarch of the United Kingdom") → Chancellor of the Exchequer ("Monarch of the United Kingdom") → Chief Secretary to the Treasury ("Monarch of the United Kingdom") → Chief of the Air Staff ("The Monarch of the United Kingdom") → Clarenceux King of Arms ("Sovereign of the United Kingdom") → Clarenceux King of Arms ("Monarch of the United Kingdom") → College of Arms → Commander-in-Chief of the Forces (United Kingdom) → Commissioner for South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands ("King of the United Kingdom") → Counsel General for Wales ("Monarch of the United Kingdom") → Dean of Westminster ("the British monarch") → Deputy President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ("Monarch of the United Kingdom") → Financial Secretary to the Treasury ("Monarch of the United Kingdom") → First Lord of the Treasury ("Monarch of the United Kingdom") → First Minister of Scotland ("Monarch of the United Kingdom") → First Minister of Wales ("Monarch of the United Kingdom") → First Sea Lord ("Monarch of the United Kingdom") → First Secretary of State ("Monarch of the United Kingdom") → Garter Principal King of Arms ("Sovereign of the United Kingdom") → Garter Principal King of Arms → Governor of Ceylon ("Monarch of the United Kingdom") → Governor of the Bank of England ("Monarch of the United Kingdom") → Governor of the Cayman Islands ("Monarch of the United Kingdom") → Governor of the Straits Settlements → Governor-General of Malta ("Monarch of the United Kingdom") → Governor-General of Malta → Governor-General of Pakistan ("Monarch of the United Kingdom") → Heralds of Arms in Ordinary ("Sovereign of the United Kingdom") → High Sheriff of Gloucestershire ("the British monarch") → His Majesty’s Government ("Monarch of the United Kingdom") → Junior Lords of the Treasury ("Monarch of the United Kingdom") → Keeper of the Privy Purse → Keeper of the Privy Purse ("Sovereign of the United Kingdom") → Knights Companion of the Order of the Garter ("Sovereign of the United Kingdom") → Leader of the House of Commons ("Monarch of the United Kingdom") → Leader of the House of Lords ("Monarch of the United Kingdom") → Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man → Lord Advocate ("Monarch of the United Kingdom") → Lord Chamberlain → Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales ("Monarch of the United Kingdom") → Lord High Constable of England ("Monarch of the United Kingdom") → Lord Lieutenant → Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall → Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire → Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire → Lord Lieutenant of the East Riding of Yorkshire → Lord Lieutenant of the North Riding of Yorkshire → Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of Yorkshire → Lord President of the Council ("Monarch of the United Kingdom") → Lord President of the Court of Session ("Monarch of the United Kingdom") → Lord Privy Seal ("Monarch of the United Kingdom") → Lord-Lieutenant of Gloucestershire → Lords Commissioners of the Treasury ("Monarch of the United Kingdom") → Master of the Household → Minister for the Civil Service ("Monarch of the United Kingdom") → Minister of State for Defence Procurement ("Monarch of the United Kingdom") → Minister of State for the Armed Forces ("Monarch of the United Kingdom") → Prelate of the Order of St Michael and St George ("Sovereign of the United Kingdom") → Prelate of the Order of the Garter ("Sovereign of the United Kingdom") → President of the Board of Trade ("Monarch of the United Kingdom") → Prime Minister of the United Kingdom ("Monarch of the United Kingdom") → Private Secretary to the Sovereign ("Sovereign of the United Kingdom") → Regius Professor of Modern History at the University of Cambridge → Secretary of State for Air ("Monarch of the United Kingdom") → Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills ("Monarch of the United Kingdom") → Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations ("Monarch of the United Kingdom") → Secretary of State for Defence ("Monarch of the United Kingdom") → Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs ("Monarch of the United Kingdom") → Secretary of State for Education ("Monarch of the United Kingdom") → Secretary of State for Education and Science ("Monarch of the United Kingdom") → Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero ("Monarch of the United Kingdom") → Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs ("Monarch of the United Kingdom") → Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs ("Monarch of the United Kingdom") → Secretary of State for Health and Social Care ("Monarch of the United Kingdom") → Secretary of State for India ("Monarch of the United Kingdom") → Secretary of State for Justice ("Monarch of the United Kingdom") → Secretary of State for Northern Ireland ("Monarch of the United Kingdom") → Secretary of State for Scotland ("Monarch of the United Kingdom") → Secretary of State for Trade and Industry ("Monarch of the United Kingdom") → Secretary of State for Transport ("Monarch of the United Kingdom") → Secretary of State for Work and Pensions ("Monarch of the United Kingdom") → Secretary of the Order of St Michael and St George ("Sovereign of the United Kingdom") → Solicitor General for England and Wales ("Monarch of the United Kingdom") → UK government ("Monarch of the United Kingdom") → Viceroy of India ("Monarch of the United Kingdom") → Welsh Ministers ("Monarch of the United Kingdom") →	appointedBy
British monarch ("King of the United Kingdom") → British monarch ("Head of the Commonwealth") → Charles III, King of Canada ("King of the United Kingdom") → Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz ("Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland") → Elizabeth II ("Queen of Canada") → George I of Great Britain ("King of Ireland") → George III of the United Kingdom ("King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland") → George V ("King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland") → George V ("King of the British Dominions") → George VI ("King of the United Kingdom") → George VI ("King of the Dominions of the British Commonwealth") → George VI ("Emperor of India") → George VI ("Head of the Commonwealth") → King of Jamaica ("King of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms") → King of the United Kingdom ("King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland") → King of the United Kingdom ("King of the United Kingdom") → Prince Charles ("King of the United Kingdom") → Prince Charles ("King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland") → Queen Victoria ("Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland") →	title
Coronation Chair ("English monarchs") → Coronation Chair ("British monarchs") → Dieu et mon droit ("English monarchs") → F.D. ("British monarchs") → Fid. Def. ("British monarchs") → Fidei Defensor ("British monarchs") → Imperial State Crown → King of Ireland → Queen’s Robing Room → Round Tower (Windsor Castle) → Royal Arms of the United Kingdom used 1714–1801 → Royal Standard of Saint Lucia → Royal Standard of the United Kingdom → Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom → Royal coat of arms used in the Isle of Man → Sovereign's Orb ("Sovereign of the United Kingdom") → Sovereign's Sceptre with Cross → St James's Palace, London → State Apartments at St James's Palace →	usedBy
Governor of Bermuda → Governor-General of Grenada → Governor-General of Jamaica → Governor-General of Malta ("British monarch in Malta") → Governor-General of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines → Governor-General of Solomon Islands → Governor-General of the Bahamas → Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey → Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man → Lord Lieutenant → Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire → Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire → Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire → Lord Lieutenant of the East Riding of Yorkshire → Lord-Lieutenant of Gloucestershire →	represents
British Indian Army → Household Cavalry → Household Division → Int Corps → Irish Guards → RAF Police → Royal Army Medical Corps → Royal Marines → Royal Navy Submarine Service → Special Air Service →	allegiance
British Ceylon → British Empire → British India ("Monarch of the United Kingdom") → Crown in right of Wales → Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain → Jamaican Constitution of 1962 → Kingdom of Great Britain → Province of New York → Straits Settlements ("Monarch of the United Kingdom") → UK government ("Monarch of the United Kingdom") →	headOfState
Central Chancery of the Orders of Knighthood ("Sovereign of the United Kingdom") → Governor of the Cayman Islands ("Monarch of the United Kingdom") → Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man → Lord Chamberlain → Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire → Master of the Household’s Department → Private Secretary to the Sovereign ("Sovereign of the United Kingdom") → Royal Almonry ("Sovereign of the United Kingdom") →	reportsTo
Garter Day ("British monarchy") → Garter collar ("Sovereign of the United Kingdom") → Royal Almonry ("Sovereign of the United Kingdom") → Royal Travel Office ("King of the United Kingdom") → Throne Room (Buckingham Palace) → Usher of the Order of the Garter ("Sovereign of the United Kingdom") →	associatedWith
Duke of Normandy ("King of the United Kingdom") → King of Australia ("King of the United Kingdom") → King of New Zealand ("King of the United Kingdom") → Lord of Mann ("King of the United Kingdom") → Lord of Mann ("Queen of the United Kingdom") → Queen of Antigua and Barbuda ("Queen of the United Kingdom") →	distinctFrom
Commander-in-Chief of the Forces (United Kingdom) → Commissioner of the British Antarctic Territory ("monarch of the United Kingdom") → Garter Principal King of Arms ("Sovereign of the United Kingdom") → Keeper of the Privy Purse ("Sovereign of the United Kingdom") → Lord Lieutenant of the North Riding of Yorkshire → Lords Commissioners of the Treasury ("Monarch of the United Kingdom") →	subordinateTo
Companion of Honour ("Monarch of the United Kingdom") → Order of the British Empire → Star of India ("Sovereign of the United Kingdom") → The Royal Victorian Order →	awardingBody
Edward VII ("King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland") → Edward VII ("King of the British Dominions") → King George VI ("King of the United Kingdom") → Prince Charles ("King of the United Kingdom") →	positionHeld
Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George → Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire → Royal Gold Medal →	conferredBy
Clarence House ("the British monarch") → Royal Mews ("the British monarch") → Windsor Castle →	ownedBy
King of Ireland ("King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland") → King of Scots → Queen of Scots ("Queen of Great Britain") →	replacedBy
Fidei Defensor ("King of the United Kingdom") → Fidei Defensor ("Queen of the United Kingdom") →	associatedWithMonarchTitle
Distinguished Conduct Medal ("Sovereign of the United Kingdom") → Distinguished Service Order ("Monarch of the United Kingdom") →	awardingAuthority
HMG ("Monarch of the United Kingdom") → His Majesty’s Government ("Monarch of the United Kingdom") →	exercisesPowerInNameOf
House of Windsor ("King of the United Kingdom") → House of Windsor ("Queen of the United Kingdom") →	hasTitleHolder
Royal Household of the United Kingdom → Sandringham Estate Office →	serves
Crown of Ireland → Most Exalted Order of the Star of India →	sovereign
Coronation of Charles III ("King of the United Kingdom") → Coronation of Charles III ("Queen of the United Kingdom") →	titleConferred
Her Majesty ("Queen of the United Kingdom") → Her Majesty ("Queen of Great Britain") →	usedWithTitle
British Cabinet ("Monarch of the United Kingdom") →	advises
British monarch ("British sovereign") →	alsoKnownAs
Baroness Stowell of Beeston ("Monarch of the United Kingdom") →	appointedAsLifePeerBy
Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ("Monarch of the United Kingdom") →	appointingAuthority
Deputy Governors of the Bank of England ("Monarch of the United Kingdom") →	appointmentApprovedBy
Royal Gold Medal →	approvedBy
Coat of arms of Bermuda →	armiger
CB →	associatedMonarch
Remembrance Sunday national service →	attendee
OBE →	awardedBy
Westminster Abbey ("British monarchs") →	burialPlaceOf
Royal Warrant (for royal title and status) →	canBeRevokedBy
Royal Navy ("Monarch of the United Kingdom") →	ceremonialChief
Household Cavalry →	ceremonialCommander
British Armed Forces →	ceremonialHead
King of Ireland ("King of Great Britain") →	coexistedWith
Bermuda Regiment ("Monarch of the United Kingdom") →	commanderInChief
Lord Lieutenant of Scilly →	confersHonoursOnBehalfOf
Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs ("Monarch of the United Kingdom") →	confirmedBy
Dominions of the British Empire →	constitutionalHeadOfState
A King’s Story: The Memoirs of the Duke of Windsor ("King of the United Kingdom") →	describesRole
Queen of Scots ("Queen of Great Britain") →	differentFrom
Triumphant Democracy ("British monarchy") →	discusses
Sovereign of the Garter →	eligibility
Home Secretary ("Monarch of the United Kingdom") →	formallyAppointedBy
Dominions of the British Empire →	governedBy
Government House, Bermuda →	governorAppointedBy
Government House, Bermuda →	governorReportsTo
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds →	granted royal charter by
Royal Gold Medal ("the British monarch") →	grantedInNameOf
Admiral of the Fleet of the Royal Navy ("monarch of the United Kingdom") →	grantingAuthority
Duke ("Monarch of the United Kingdom") →	grantsTitle
Order of the Garter →	hasHeadOfOrder
Great Britain ("Monarch of the United Kingdom") →	hasHeadOfState
State Opening of Parliament →	hasParticipant
Royal College of Music →	hasPatron
Crown in right of the Channel Islands →	hasSovereign
Commonwealth of Nations →	hasSymbolicHead
British Armed Forces →	headOfStateAsCommanderInChief
Gibraltar ("Monarch of the United Kingdom") →	headOfStateTitle
Prince William, Prince of Wales ("British throne") →	heirApparentTo
Lord of Mann →	heldBy
Duchy of Lancaster →	heldInTrustFor
Stuart ("Queen of Great Britain") →	hereditaryTitle
Fidei Defensor →	holder
Service of Thanksgiving at St Paul’s Cathedral ("Queen of the United Kingdom") →	honoursTitle
Leader of the House of Commons ("Monarch of the United Kingdom") →	isConfirmedBy
Chancellor of the Order of the Garter ("Monarch of the United Kingdom") →	isSubordinateTo
Queen of Solomon Islands ("Monarch of the United Kingdom") →	linkedOffice
Hanoverian royal vault ("British monarchy") →	linkedTo
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom ("Monarch of the United Kingdom") →	meetsRegularlyWith
Companion of Honour ("Sovereign of the United Kingdom") →	membershipIncludes
death of Elizabeth II ("Queen of the United Kingdom") →	monarch at time of death
Judicial Committee of the Privy Council ("King of the United Kingdom") →	monarchAdvised
DCMG →	monarchAsSovereignOfOrder
Coronation of George III ("King of Great Britain") →	monarchCrownedTitle
Baronetage of the United Kingdom →	monarchGrantsTitle
Windsor, Berkshire, England →	monarchResidence
British royal family ("King of the United Kingdom") →	monarchTitle
Coronation of Edward VII ("King of the United Kingdom") →	monarchTitleAtCoronation
Victoria Cross →	monarchWhoAwards
King Street, Boston ("King of Great Britain") →	namedAfter
Palace of Holyroodhouse →	occupant
Rena Lalgie →	officeRepresents
English barons ("King of England") →	owedFealtyTo
Imperial Crown of India →	owner
House of Windsor ("British monarchy") →	partOf
College of St George, Windsor Castle ("the British monarch") →	patron
Chapel Royal choir →	performsFor
UK government ("Monarch of the United Kingdom") →	powerExercisedInNameOf
Queen of Tuvalu ("Queen of the United Kingdom as colonial monarch of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands") →	predecessor
King of the United Kingdom ("Queen of the United Kingdom") →	predecessorOfficeTitle
King of Jamaica ("King of the United Kingdom") →	predecessorTitleBeforeIndependence
Garter Day ("Sovereign of the United Kingdom") →	presidedOverBy
House of Assembly of Dominica ("Monarch of the United Kingdom") →	previousHeadOfStateInHistoricalFramework
House of Hesse-Darmstadt →	producedConsortOf
Queen's Guard →	protects
House of Welf ("King of the United Kingdom") →	providedTitle
British Dominions →	recognizedHeadOfState
House of Lords Appointments Commission ("Monarch of the United Kingdom") →	recommendsTo
Governor-General of Pakistan ("British monarch in Pakistan") →	represented
Commonwealth countries ("Head of the Commonwealth") →	sharesHead
Venerable Order of St John →	sovereignHead
Princess of Ireland →	sovereignLinked
death of Elizabeth II ("King of the United Kingdom") →	successor title
King of Ireland ("King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland") →	successorTitle
Church of England ("Supreme Governor of the Church of England") →	supremeGovernorTitle
Coronation of William IV ("King of the United Kingdom") →	titleBestowed
Duke of Lancaster →	traditionalHolder
Garter ("the Sovereign of the United Kingdom") →	traditionallyBestowedBy
Royal Household Ceremonial Team →	worksFor
Private Secretary to the Sovereign ("Monarch of the United Kingdom") →	worksOnBehalfOf
Secretary of the Order of St Michael and St George ("King of the United Kingdom") →	worksWith