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Bookmark or Share- The Privy Council: history, functions and membershipToday, the main function of the Privy Council is to advise the King on giving formal effect to Proclamations and Orders in Council, legal instruments which are made under prerogative or statutory powers.
- Privy Council | United Kingdom, Role & History | BritannicaPrivy Council, historically, the British sovereign’s private council. Once powerful, the Privy Council has long ceased to be an active body, having lost most of its judicial and political functions since the middle of the 17th century.
- Privy CouncilThe Privy Council is the mechanism through which interdepartmental agreement is reached on those items of Government business which, for historical or other reasons, fall to Ministers as Privy...
- The Privy Council - What is it, and what does it do ... - Politics.co.ukThe Privy Council, as body of government, predates the Cabinet and the existence of the Prime Minister by many centuries. Originally the private council of trusted advisers surrounding the sovereign, it has evolved to become a somewhat hidden instrument of government.
- A Prominent Political Figure in Northern Song Dynasty - chinatripediaHis subsequent career saw him hold various roles, including county magistrate in Xinghua, supervisor in the Privy Council, circuit intendant in Chenzhou, governor of Suzhou, and acting governor of Kaifeng, among others.
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