History for Christchurch Rangers

How does the commonwealth need to run though? What are the areas of risk, that she has personally managed well? In fact what does the commonwealth even need to work together on, and how is the royal family's involvement important other than as symbolic figureheads? If there's any policy decisions etc the royal family will ceremonially sign them off, but other than that they won't have any meaningful involvement right? 

I'm not trying to argue or anything, I'm just trying to drill down to what it is that they actually do, aside from public engagements and ceremonial openings/sign-offs etc etc. 

I recently watched a great documentary series on Queen Victoria, and her juggling diplomacy with her relatives, who were all in very crucial positions in countries throughout Europe. Whether you consider her successful or not, it seems worlds away from what the current Queen has to deal with, and would have involved a hell of a lot more pressure. 

How does the commonwealth need to run though? What are the areas of risk, that she has personally managed well? In fact what does the commonwealth even need to work together on, and how is the royal family's involvement important other than as symbolic figureheads? If there's any policy decisions etc the royal family will ceremonially sign them off, but other than that they won't have any meaningful involvement right? 

I'm not trying to argue or anything, I'm just trying to drill down to what it is that they actually do, aside from public engagements and ceremonial openings/sign-offs etc etc. 

I recently watched a great documentary series on Queen Victoria, and her juggling diplomacy with her relatives, who were all in very crucial positions in countries throughout Europe. Whether you consider her successful or not, it seems worlds away from what the current Queen has to deal with, and would have involved a hell of a lot more pressure.