A king is normally the head of state (1), so it would be the equivalent to the president of a country denouncing the the strategy of the government (and with it

A king is normally the head of state (1), so it would be the equivalent to the president of a country denouncing the the strategy of the government (and with it criticizing the head of government). The main difference between a king and a president is that, with a president, if he/she is corrupt or incompetent you can remove it. With a monarch your are stuck for life. In my opinion, the greatest virtue of democracy is not the power to choose who govern you, but the power to remove it from power peacefully. Historically that is pretty remarkable. Of course, in the case of Sweden, the king has a very limited power. The point is, it's not a random person. (1) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Sweden https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Sweden