Why can't i capture the opposition Queen by my King

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The opposition Queen is one step close to my king and why wouldn't i allowed to capture the queen with my king when there are no other checks for the KIng ?

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The queen is most likely protected by another piece.
Therefore making it illegal to capture the queen.
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it is most likely and not always. Below explains that King could capture the checking piece,

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rules_of_chess#Check

But i don't find that possible when playing here.