What does a king actually do?
- Written by Jess Carniel, Senior Lecturer in Humanities, University of Southern Queensland
Stefan Rousseau/AP/AAPThis weekend’s coronation ceremony formally invests the monarch with their regnal powers – but King Charles III has been doing the job since he was proclaimed king in September 2022. So what does a monarch actually do?
Historically, the role of the monarch was to maintain the peace of the realm, oversee the...
