privy council

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Technically the privy council is not covered by the lese majeste law, which states that it is an offence to defame only the king, queen, heir to the throne or anyone acting as regent.

From BBC • Aug. 22, 2025

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

From Washington Post • Apr. 15, 2023

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

To this question the judicial committee of the privy council has given a clear and decisive answer.

From Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, May 1865 by