| Head of The British Armed Forces | |
|---|---|
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| British Armed Forces | |
| Style | His Majesty |
| Type | Supreme Commanding Authority |
| Status | Commander-in-chief |
| Website | www |
Head of the Armed Forces[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] is the position of the sovereign of the United Kingdom as commander-in-chief of the British Armed Forces.[8] Supreme military authority vests in the monarch and extends to the exercise of several personal prerogatives. However, routine administration of the military is delegated as a matter of law to the Defence Council of the United Kingdom, a body officially charged with the direction and command of the Armed Forces. As the Defence Council and its service boards are all a part of the Ministry of Defence, which itself is a ministerial department of the Government of the United Kingdom, the prime minister makes the key decisions on the use of the Armed Forces, while the secretary of state for defence assists the prime minister in the development of defence policy and administers the day-to-day military operations.
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