What is the purpose of a monarchy?

Must be your homework. The purpose of a monarchy like any goverment is to govern but in a monarchy the King or Queen whoever is in line to suceed-with England having quite a few strong Monarchy Queens as Queen Elizabeth. You have the reigning Monarch King or Queen or a King and Queen(woman marries the King and can ,depending on the relationship influence ruling decisions of the King. Back in the old days the king or queen had absolute power of all and everythingIf something was not liked he simply made a decree(law) to his liking. Also had power of life and death over all the people in his kingdom even the Queen as King Henry the Eighth of England had trumped up charges of treason put on one Queen to have her beheaded so he could have a new Queen. Today there is more of a Constitutional Monarchy-King,Queen the Roysal are more of a figure head but Parliament makes,pes laws and rules-Parliament being elected by the people. Ok the rest of the homework you can do go to www.royal.gov.uk.com did a search on what makes a monarchy-do a search and you'll get the right answer faster.