Detailed Instructions: In this task, we ask you to elaborate the sentence without changing its general meaning. You can do so by explaining further the input sentence, using more precise wording, adding qualifiers and auxiliary information etc.
Q: The monarch ’ s central government had charge of the army , navy , foreign policy , and the customs union .
A:
The monarch 's common government , in which its ministers were appointed by the Monarch and responsible to him , had the responsibility for the army , for the navy , for foreign policy , and for the customs union .