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This is a serious question, not meant to bait anyone or to start an argument about republicanism. When was the last time a British King or Queen made an important decision that affected anything beyond the status of the monarchy? I am not talking about high-profile symbolic gestures, like...

All of the German royal families had rules about who princes could marry. If the woman was not high enough in rank (ebenbuertig) the resulting children could not be considered members of the royal house or in line to the throne. In some cases just marrying a non-royal woman could be grounds for...