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Elon Musk makes 23 posts urging King Charles III to overthrow UK government
(www.hindustantimes.com)
this post was submitted on 04 Jan 2025
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Tell me that you don't know how constitutional monarchy works without saying you don't know how constitutional monarchy works.
I honestly don't know how it works.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissolution_of_the_Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom
tl;dr: Dissolution of Parliament in the UK happens either at the end of a five year term, or when the Prime Minister initiates it. In the latter case, the PM "requests" that the Monarch authorizes a proclamation to dissolve Parliament.
The King can't unilaterally dissolve Parliament.
Legally, the King can exercise the royal prerogative unilaterally. However, it's widely thought that if he ever did so, Parliament would act quickly to remove the last of that power, so it's exercised on the advice of the Prime Minister as a matter of convention.
ETA: Apparently, it's debatable whether this also applies to dissolving Parliament, even though that's a prerogative power. See this article on the Royal Prerogative in the UK
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