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Originally Posted by Slava
She has/had absolute power though. I'm not sure that this is the place to get into this (seems a little wrong), but the monarch literally signs off on every law and advises and guides the government. To really stoke the fires, a man who cheated on his wife and divorced her is now head of the Church of England...interesting times. There are those wo want to play the "loveable granny" card for the Queen and I do definitely understand that. But you can't really absolve the royals of all blame for all of the terrible things. Part of that power is that they had it to wield and didn't, or worse they went along with it.
And as far as Alberta, things could be pretty interesting here. If Danielle Smith wins and pushes her sovereignty act through and the Lt. Gov decides not to give this royal assent, people will soon realise the power that comes in those roles. You might think that's great because the sovereignty act is stupid, and I personally would agree. But the truth is, that's where things could get really sticky as far as the power and unelected people making those kinds of decisions.
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They do indeed have final and absolute power theoretically but when was the last time that Royal Assent was not granted by the monarch? It is a rubber stamp situation.