Ma`rifat Hoghoughi

The constitutional monarchy system is based on three basic principles: first, in this system, the political power of the monarchy is conditional and bound by the law; In this system, the rule of law and legal institutions have replaced personal rule. Secondly, in the constitutional system, legislative powers are not within the authority of the monarchy, but have been assigned to a parliament composed of people's representatives. Thirdly, in the aforementioned system, the king's executive powers are delegated to the prime minister or the cabinet of ministers who are responsible for their actions and decisions before the people's representatives so that the people's governance can flow in the best way. As a result, in the royal system, if the above three principles are observed, the king as the head of the country has completely ceremonial powers and a completely symbolic role. Since England has a constitutional monarchy, most jurists claim that the British monarchy has a completely ceremonial and symbolic role in the country's political system. In this article, by using library sources and descriptive analytical method, we intend to investigate and analyze the claim made about the authority of the British monarchy. The investigations carried out in this article show that the authority of the British monarchy has powers that violate the aforementioned three principles regarding constitutional monarchy systems; Therefore, the ceremonial and symbolic claim of the king in the political system of England does not seem very correct and can be criticized.