what type of monarchy did england have?
Constitutional monarchy
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 The monarchy thus ceased to be an exclusively British institution , although it is often still referred to as " British " for legal and historical reasons and for convenience . The monarch became separately monarch of the United Kingdom , monarch of Canada , monarch of Australia , and so forth . The independent states within the Commonwealth would share the same monarch in a relationship likened to a personal union . 

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 The British monarchy traces its origins from the petty kingdoms of early medieval Scotland and Anglo @-@ Saxon England , which consolidated into the kingdoms of England and Scotland by the 10th century AD . In 1066 , the last crowned Anglo @-@ Saxon monarch , Harold II , was defeated and killed during the Norman conquest of England and the English monarchy passed to the Normans ' victorious leader , William the Conqueror , and his descendants . 

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 As part of the United Kingdom , the basic political system in England is a constitutional monarchy and parliamentary system . There has not been a government of England since 1707 , when the Acts of Union 1707 , putting into effect the terms of the Treaty of Union , joined England and Scotland to form the Kingdom of Great Britain . Before the union England was ruled by its monarch and the Parliament of England . Today England is governed directly by the Parliament of the United Kingdom , although other countries of the United Kingdom have devolved governments . In the House of Commons which is the lower house of the British Parliament based at the Palace of Westminster , there are 532 Members of Parliament ( MPs ) for constituencies in England , out of the 650 total . 

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 The monarch of the United Kingdom is also the monarch of the fifteen other Commonwealth realms , none of which are in Europe . Some of these realms have significant levels of support for republicanism . 

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 = Monarchy of the United Kingdom = 
