Boris Johnson 'will today ask the Queen to SUSPEND Parliament days after MPs return to work just...

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13. "The queen, her majesty, had no discretion over this."

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain’s Queen Elizabeth did not question the government’s request to suspend parliament for over a month ahead of Brexit, House of Commons Leader Jacob Rees-Mogg said on Thursday.

“The queen, her majesty, had no discretion over this. There is no precedent for the queen refusing a request by her prime minister under these circumstances,” Rees-Mogg told the BBC.

He denied a suggestion that moving to suspend parliament had put the monarch, who by convention avoids any involvement in politics, in an awkward position.

https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-britain-eu-queen/queen-did-not-challenge-suspension-of-uk-parliament-rees-mogg-idUKKCN1VJ0NX

... So there is no Head of State to serve as a moderating influence such as in the Irish or even Italian Republics, for example. So a government and/or PM of the day is free to act via "Royal Prerogative" dictatorially.

The royal prerogative is a body of customary authority, privilege, and immunity, recognized in common law and, sometimes, in civil law jurisdictions possessing a monarchy, as belonging to the sovereign and which have become widely vested in the government.[note 1] It is the means by which some of the executive powers of government, possessed by and vested in a monarch with regard to the process of governance of the state, are carried out. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_prerogative