Jamaica is a constitutional monarchy with The Queen as Sovereign.
As a constitutional monarch, The Queen of Jamaica acts entirely on the advice of Jamaican Government ministers.
She is fully briefed by means of regular communications from her ministers, and has audiences with them where possible.
The Queen is represented on the island by a Governor-General.
Jamaica is one of a number of Commonwealth countries that have retained the UK Privy Council, of which The Queen is Head, as their court of final appeal.
The Queen's Royal style and title is Elizabeth the Second, by the Grace of God of Jamaica and of Her other Realms and Territories Queen, Head of the Commonwealth.
