Some international confusion on how the position of Prime Minister works in the UK:
It's not a constitutional position, other than by habit*. The Monarch is, technically, the ruler. However, after a certain amount of awkwardness surrounding our first two King Charles's, the monarch has chosen, voluntarily**, to temporarily deputise some powers to an MP who can demonstrate they're really quite popular.
*We don't have a written constitution
**On the basis they keep the thing the crown goes on
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