privy council

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In January, Franklin was summoned to appear before the privy council, the king’s most senior advisers.

From Washington Post • Apr. 15, 2023

The King became the monarch after the death of his mother, but the meeting of the privy council of politicians, officials and clergy formally confirmed it.

From BBC • Sep. 10, 2022

Although he was a Protestant, he was a supporter of the Scotland's Catholic regent, and in 1561 he was appointed to the privy council by the newly widowed Mary on her return to Scotland.

From Salon • Jul. 25, 2022

Challenges to the ownership in the past were finally settled by the privy council of Britain’s House of Lords, he said.

From New York Times • Jun. 18, 2017

In May 1843 he became vice-president of the board of trade, Gladstone being president, and was sworn in as a member of the privy council.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" by Various