The Queen has no real constitutional power. She's just a tourist attraction, piece of history and a rubber-stamp for new laws. Sure, she could, if she wanted to, tell the Prime Minister "oh no you don't, matey" and sack him (provided she has someone in the wings to form a new Cabinet) but this has never been done and is in cases of extreme crisis only. What constitutes an extreme crisis has never been determined.
I don't know if the Governor-General in Australia, as her representative, has any real power, but she doesn't have any herself. Without wishing to disrespect her, she is to Britain what Mickey Mouse is to the States - a tourist attraction - because she has never even come close to sacking the Govt. of the day, no matter what they do.
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