Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council
Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council is a body of advisers to the Sovereign, the members of which are mostly senior politicians. The Privy Council advises the Sovereign on use of the Royal Prerogative, and issues Orders-in-Council and Orders of Council - types of legislation that can bypass the process of parliament. The Queen sits with the Privy Council and through it holds very confidential meetings with the Privy Counsellors on government policy and direction.
The Privy Council is a court in the Harrovian court hierarchy, and thus senior judges and magistrates also sit in the Privy Council. The Privy Council also remains the highest court of appeal for the entire Harrovian Commonwealth.
The composition of the Privy Council is left to the Sovereign's own discretion, but generally meetings of the Privy Council are limited to the Queen and her chiefest advisors - the Prime Minister and the other ministers appointed from Parliament. The Sovereign may appoint anyone a Privy Councillor, but by convention, members of the Privy Council include:
- primarily and necessarily the Prime Minister and the government ministers
- the Church of Harrow's three most senior bishops: the Archbishop of Lothian, the Archbishop of Haremere, and the Bishop of Roedean
- Several senior judges: Justices of the High Court and Law Lords
There are currently 19 people sworn into the Privy Council.
The Privy Council is a court in the Harrovian court hierarchy, and thus senior judges and magistrates also sit in the Privy Council. The Privy Council also remains the highest court of appeal for the entire Harrovian Commonwealth.
The composition of the Privy Council is left to the Sovereign's own discretion, but generally meetings of the Privy Council are limited to the Queen and her chiefest advisors - the Prime Minister and the other ministers appointed from Parliament. The Sovereign may appoint anyone a Privy Councillor, but by convention, members of the Privy Council include:
- primarily and necessarily the Prime Minister and the government ministers
- the Church of Harrow's three most senior bishops: the Archbishop of Lothian, the Archbishop of Haremere, and the Bishop of Roedean
- Several senior judges: Justices of the High Court and Law Lords
There are currently 19 people sworn into the Privy Council.