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A Constitutional Monarchy is a form of monarchical government established under a constitutional system which acknowledges an elected or hereditary monarch as head of state, as opposed to an absolute monarchy, where the monarch holds absolute power. The process of government and law within a constitutional monarchy is usually very different from that in an absolute monarchy. Modern constitutional monarchies usually implement the concept of trias politica or "separation of powers", where the monarch either is the head of the executive branch or simply has a ceremonial or symbolic role.