Introduction 3

Some facts about Great Britain 4

Direct meaning of the word "monarchy" 5

The Anglo-Saxons 7

The Normans 8

The Angevins 8

The Plantagents 9

The Lancastrians 10

The Yorkists 10

The Tudors 11

The British Constitutional Monarchy 12

The Royal Prerogative in the Commonwealth Realms 17

Recent uses of Royal Prerogative 17

Finances 19

Residences 20

Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom 21

S u m m a r y 22

Puzzles 23

Bibliography……………………………………………………………………………………………..27

The monarchic form of government till now widespread in the world, approximately the fifth part of the state is monarchy. In all monarchic states, irrespective of their forms, it is considered that the monarch possesses executive power though in overwhelming majority of the countries, such as in Great Britain, it really has no such power.

By the general rule, the monarch holds the post by right of succession. Exceptions are very rare. Only at the dynasty termination there are elections of the new monarch.

The objective of this research is to study the government system in Great Britain. For this purpose in the work following problems have been put:

- To consider and study what the government system of Great Britain represents;

- To consider what role in the government a monarch plays and his role in a life of Great Britain.

The theme urgency is that without the public administration the government can't regular function, because the management is activity of the executive-administrative character, Directed on execution of decrees, orders which are reached by means of legally imperious powers.

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Примечаний нет.