Key term for AQA GCSE History, used in Britain: Power and the People (c1170–Present).
A leader who holds power in practice, even if they are not the legal monarch.
De facto ruler appears in AQA GCSE History revision content for Thematic Studies, especially Britain: Power and the People (c1170–Present) and Origins of Parliament.
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