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royal prerogative?

ok so can someone explain what royal prerogative means? ( as applied to the tudor monarchy)

Does it basically mean that some matters cannot be discussed in Parliament, or is it much bigger than that?

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The royal prerogative is a body of customary authority, privilege, and immunity, recognized in common law and, sometimes, in civil law jurisdictions possessing a monarchy, as belonging to the sovereign alone.

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