The current Head of State in the UK is Queen Elizabeth II. Every new law passed by the UK Parliament must be signed by the queen before it can be enacted. This is known as The Royal Assent. In theory she could refuse to sign, but in practice this doesn't happen so the Head of State title is mostly ceremonial - and its good for tourism!
Constitutional Monarchy. A king or a queen is the head of state.
The Queen is the Ceremonial Head of State. But the Prime Minister is the real Head of State as elected by the people of Great Britain.
Queen Elizabeth II
The basic difference is that the head of state in the UK is a monarch, while in India it is a President.
The head of state in the U.K is Gordon BrownThe queen is the head of State, she has the absolute power over the government and has the power to pass laws... so basically she is the head of government.
Queen Elizabeth II is the head of state of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - which includes England.
The Emperor of Japan is now simply a figure head, in much the same way as the Queen is a figure head in Britain. Neither have actual political power, but are maintained as symbols of state and respect.
The Queen (Elizabeth II) is the non-executive head of state. The head of the executive branch is the Prime MinisterQueen
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The Head of State is Queen Elizabeth II and the Head of Government is the Prime Minister James Gordon Brown. The Queen is head of state of the United Kingdom and the head of government in the UK is Gordon Brown. There is no-one in charge of Great Britain because it is not a country, only part of the UK.
Quebec
At this stage, Queen Elizebeth II of Great Britain is still the head of state of the Bahamas, and is represented on the islands by an elected Governor General.