Wizards and the Queen

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--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "meriaugust" <meriaugust at y...> 
wrote:
Thanks for clearing up the muddled knowledge of an American. My
confusion basically lay in the fact that in America we have no 
figure-head head of state, because the president is given actual 
power, and your post helped to clear that up for me, so thank you! 

Bookworm:
In political terms, the US has both a Head of State and a Head of 
Government - they just both happen to be the same person (the 
President).  In the UK, France, and other countries, the Head of 
State and Head of Government are two different people: the Queen and 
Prime Minister in the UK, and the Prime Minister and the President 
in France (if I remember my French political system lectures 
correctly - it was a long time ago <bg>).  

The Minister of Magic would be the Head of Government.  Is he also 
the Head of State, or since JKR is British, does she unconsciously 
include the Queen without really talking or thinking about it?

Ravenclaw Bookworm