As a follow up to Is Mise's comment (he is the most powerful man in Britain , bar none.)

I feel compelled to point out that if that is so, it is only because the public allow it to be so.
Ulitmately, it is the public which determines the status quo.
Even if they sometimes take a few hundred years to get around to making a necessary change.
Most of the time they accept what they are told, and will even legitimise ideas which are patently absurd.
Their thinking can be slow, but they get there in the end.

BAYGON, Wednesday, 14,
The people spoke in a Vote in support of Kerr and Gough got the flick. No matter what the Palace said, the Palace represents the people by the Constitution accepted by the people.

BAYGON, you already lost the argument about Kerr, remember?

The Australian people confirmed in the next election that the Queen was far more representative of the will of the people than Whitlam, and that Kerr had acted correctly, subordinately, AND contrary to all the opinions of all the Labor-voters in sacking Whitlam for his shameful abuse of arbitrary power totally unworthy of a Minister of the Crown.

Ha ha ha, fail, try harder LOL pfffft!

Ipso Facto,

Charles III is the most powerful man in Britain because, as has been pointed our on a number of forums, he is the Head of the 200,000 Armed Forces members who have sworn allegiance to him (except the Royal Navy) whose allegiance is implicit .
If he ever needs to call on the Armed Forces I am sure that they will stick by their oath.

One can add that when Charles was appointed Colonel in Chief of the Parachute Regiment he insisted on doing the full Parachute course so that he could justify wearing the Maroon beret and the Wings.
He is a fully qualified parachutist and that is the difference between a figurehead and a real soldier.

One more thing, Charles is also a qualified Commando.