A [[government]] with a constitution which acknowledges a monarch as head of state with varying degrees of influence in the running of the country. Constitutional monarchy is generally held by conservative philosophers (e.g. [[Plato]], [[Hobbes]], [[Locke]]) to be the ideal form of government.
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A '''constitutional [[monarchy]]''' is a [[government]] with a constitution which acknowledges a monarch as head of state with varying degrees of influence in the running of the country. Constitutional monarchy is generally held by conservative philosophers (e.g. [[Plato]], [[Hobbes]], [[Locke]]) to be the ideal form of government.
Countries with constitutional monarchies include the United Kingdom, Canada and Spain.
Countries with constitutional monarchies include the United Kingdom, Canada and Spain.