Constitutional Monarchy

A  constitutional monarchy (also known as a  parliamentary monarchy) is a form of  monarchy in which the  sovereign exercises their authorities in accordance with a written or unwritten  constitution.  Constitutional monarchy differs from  absolute monarchy (in which a monarch holds absolute power), in that constitutional monarchs are bound to exercise their powers and authorities within the limits prescribed within an established legal framework. Constitutional monarchies range from countries such as  Morocco, where the constitution grants substantial discretionary powers to the sovereign, to countries such as  Sweden or  Denmark where the monarch retains very few formal authorities.

History
The oldest constitutional monarchy dating back to ancient times was that of the Hittites. They were an ancient Anatolian people that lived during the Bronze Age whose king or queen had to share their authority with an assembly, called Panku, equivalent to a modern-day deliberative assembly of a legislature. These were scattered noble families that worked as representatives of their subjects in an adjutant or subaltern federal-type landscape.

The most recent country to move from an absolute monarchy to a constitutional monarchy wasBhutan, between 2007 and 2008 (see Politics of Bhutan, Constitution of Bhutan and Buthanese Democracy ).