Edited sentence: (See end of article for a macro-political view of the Royal Prerogative).Every single power enumerated above is has been exercised by every king, dear leader, president for life, communist party secretary, emperor, khan, or by whatever other name they called themselves.However, it fails to mention the prerogative as exercised before 1600 by kings such as Edwards 1, 11, 111, all the Henry's and Queen Elizabeth 1.Louis XIV perhaps summed it up best:  L'estat c'est moi -- The state is me.She constantly wrote in her own hand that she was the duly "annointed Queen by God" and had the "right to rule" unhindered.She did indeed exercise her royal prerogative.The Prince of Liechtenstein was just given back his 'royal prerogative' in a vote by 'his' people, many of whom were quoted as saying "without the Prince we are no one.The above article is a wonderful, though, highly legalistic explanation of the Royal Prerogative in the United Kingdom.The idea of the Royal Prerogative is not dependent on the legal system, the semantics or words used in the definition, the historical era or the forces that fight it.The marco-political view of the Royal Prerogative.They viewed, and many still view, their right to rule given by God, in whatever form defined.This good lady, in nearly 44 years on the throne saw fit to call Parliament but 10 times, and usually for less than two months at a time