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state that is vested in the sovereign and known as the Crown remains the 
source of the executive power exercised by the government. 
In addition to explicit statutory authority, in many areas the Crown 
also possesses a body of powers known as the Royal Prerogative, which 
can be used for many purposes, from the issue or withdrawal of 
passports to declaration of war. By long-standing custom, most of these 
powers are delegated from the sovereign to various ministers or other 
officers of the Crown, who may use them without having to obtain the 
consent of Parliament. 
The head of the government, the prime minister, also has weekly 
meetings with the monarch, when she "has a right and a duty to express 
her views on Government matters. ... These meetings, as with all 
communications between The Queen and her Government, remain 
strictly confidential. Having expressed her views, The Queen abides by 
the advice of her ministers.". 

Royal Prerogative powers include, but are not limited to, the following: 
Domestic powers 
The power to dismiss and appoint a prime minister. This power is 
exercised by the monarch herself. By strong convention she must 
appoint the individual most capable of commanding a majority in the 
House of Commons. 
The power to dismiss and appoint other ministers. This power is 
exercised by the prime minister alone. 
The power to grant Royal Assent to bills, making them valid laws. 
This is exercised by the monarch, who also theoretically has the power 
to refuse assent, although no monarch has refused assent to a bill passed 
by Parliament since Queen Anne in 1708. 
The power to commission officers in the Armed Forces 
The power to command the Armed Forces of the United Kingdom. This 
power is exercised by the Defence Council in the Queen's name. 
The power to appoint members to the Her Majesty's Most Honourable 
Privy Council 
The power to issue and withdraw passports. This is exercised by the 
Home Secretary. 
The Prerogative of mercy (though capital punishment has been 
abolished, this power is still used to remedy errors in sentence 
calculation) 
The power to grant honours 
The power to create corporations via Royal Charter 
Foreign powers 
The power to ratify and make treaties. 

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The power to declare war and conclude peace with other nations. 
The power to deploy the Armed Forces overseas 
The power to recognise states 
The power to credit and receive diplomats 
Even though the United Kingdom has no single constitutional document, 
the government published the above list in October 2003 in order to 
increase transparency, as some of the powers exercised in the name of 
the monarch and which are part of the Royal Prerogative. However, the 
complete extent of the Royal Prerogative powers, many of them 
originating in ancient custom and the period of absolute monarchy, or 
modified by later constitutional practice, has never been fully set out. 

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