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'''His Majesty's Privy Council''', commonly known as simply the '''Privy Council''', is the formal body or committee of advisors to the [[Monarchy of Great Nortend|Sovereign]] of [[Great Nortend]].
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The '''Privy Council''' (''Privatum Consilium'') is one of the two formal bodies or committees of advisors to the [[Monarchy of Great Nortend|Sovereign]] of [[Great Nortend]], the other being [[Parliament of Great Nortend|Parliament]]. The Privy Council with the Parliament form the body known as the [[Great Council of Great Nortend|''Commune Consilium'']], or Common Council, which is the full King’s Council, or ''Curia Regis''.


Though the Ministry formally includes all members of the Privy Council, by custom only those members currently sitting in Parliament form the [[Ministry of Great Nortend#Cabinet|Cabinet]] and [[Ministry of Great Nortend#Utter Ministry|Utter Ministry]]. These two bodies are the day-to-day decision making bodies of the executive, operating under the delegated powers of the Crown ''in Camera''. Other members of the Privy Council, including those appointed under former governments, retain their positions  and may serve on various sub-committees of the Privy Council as well as facilitate non-contentious administrative matters.
Counsellours of State, being members of the Privy Council, are created by the Sovereign in the Privy Council. Such an appointment accords the title of „Right Honourable”. The process involves the prospective member being summoned to a meeting of the Council followed by his swearing of the Oath and his kissing of the Sovereign’s hands. Counsellours retain their status for life or until the demise of the Crown (''demissum regnum'') at which time the Privy Council is disbanded. Living former Counsellours may petition to be reappointed by the new Sovereign. In exceptional cases, Counsellours may be expelled from the Privy Council.


Privy Counsellours are appointed by the Sovereign. Such an appointment accords the title of 'Right Honourable' or the post-nominal letters of PC to the appointee. The process requires the swearing of a specific form of Oath of Allegiance to the Sovereign, and the kissing of hands. Privy Counsellours sit for life or until the demise of the Crown (''demissum regnum'') at which time the Privy Council is disbanded. By custom, living former Privy Counsellours are reappointed by the incoming Sovereign. In exceptional cases, counsellours may be expelled from the Privy Council.
==Officials==
===Lord High Chancellour===
The Lord High Chancellour, ''ex officio'' the Lord Bishop of Chepingstow, is the head of the Privy Council and Keeper of the Privy Seal. He is also the head of the Royal Chancery, or judicial ministry, which is responsible ''inter alia'' for engrossing all Orders-in-Council made by the Privy Council. He administers the oath taken by all prospective Counsellours of State.


==Officials==
===Clerk Sealer of the Privy Council===
===Clerk Sealer of the Crown===
The Clerk Sealer of the Privy Council, commonly known as the Clerk Sealer and not to be confused with the Clerk Sealer of the Common Council, is the senior official of the Privy Council as the Lord High Chancellour's deputy, holding responsibility for the formal certification and execution of decisions and executive actions of the Council. He or his delegate must be present at all meetings of the Privy Council, and is required to affix his personal signet as well as the Privy Seal to all Orders-in-Council. He serves as the head of the Lord High Chancellour's Office.
The Clerk Sealer of the Crown, commonly known as the Clerk Sealer, is the senior official of the Privy Council, holding responsibility for the formal certification and execution of decisions and executive actions of the Council. He is present at all meetings of the Privy Council proper, and is required to affix his personal seal as well as the Privy Seal to all Orders-in-Council. He serves as the head of the Lord High Treasurer's Office.


===Warden of the Case===
===Warden of the Case===
The Warden of the Case is an ancient position in the Royal Chancery responsible for keeping the Case of Chancery, an ornately inlaid wooden box, which is used to carry warrants, writs, bills, letters patent &c. to the Sovereign or meetings of the Privy Council. Additionally, he has responsibility for the administration of the Privy Council and its sub-committees and boards.  
The Warden of the Case is an ancient position in the Royal Chancery responsible for keeping the Case of Chancery, a fancy wooden box, which is used to carry warrants, writs, bills, letters patent &c. to the Sovereign or meetings of the Privy Council. Additionally, he has responsibility for the administration of the Privy Council and its sub-committees and boards.  


===Assentus Regis===
==Membership==
The Clerk Sealer along with the Warden of the Case have a role in the ceremony of [[Parliament of Great Nortend#Assentus Regis|Assentus Regis]], or Royal Assent.
The Privy Council is composed of the King, the five Officers of State ''ex officio'' and other Counsellours of State. To create someone a Counsellour of State, the King causes a writ to be issued under the Privy Seal summoning a prospective Counsellour to attend the King at his Privy Council to take the Oath of a Cousellour of State. The Lord High Chancellour then administers the Oath, the person holding the Bible in his right hand and saying :—


==Cabinet==
<blockquote>I A. B. swear that I shall faith and troth bear unto our Sovereign Lord the King as one of his Counsellours of State; and I  swear that I will not know or understand of manner of thing to be done or spoken against His Majesty’s Person Honour Crown or Dignity Royal but that I will let and withstand the same to the uttermost of my Power and reveal it either to His Majesty himself or to another of His Majesty’s Privy Council as shall advertise the same to His Majesty; and I swear that I will keep private and secret all matters committed and revealed unto me that shall be treated of secretly in His Majesty’s Privy Council and shall not reveal unto any Counsellour any manner pertaining unto him until His Majesty shall cause the same to be published; and I swear that I faithfully and truly believe and recognise that His Majesty is the only highest Governour within His Majesty’s Realms and Dominions in things Spiritual as well as Temporal and that the Bishop of Rome and all foreign Princes Prelates States Potentates or Persons have no Rights Jurisdictions Powers Pre-Eminences and Authorities within His Majesty’s Realms and Dominions and ought to have none of the same except as granted and allowed by His Majesty and that I will evermore defend the Rights Jurisdictions Powers Pre-Eminences and Authorities pertaining unto His Majesty against the Bishop of Rome and all foreign Princes Prelates States Potentates or Persons. So help me {{Smallcaps|God}}.</blockquote>
{{Main|Ministry of Great Nortend#Cabinet}}
The Cabinet serves as the main decision-making body of the [[Government of Great Nortend|Erbonian Government]]. It is constituted as a committee of the Privy Council, and by convention includes only those members thereof currently sitting in Parliament or entitled to do so. The Cabinet is headed by the [[Lord High Treasurer of Great Nortend|Lord High Treasurer]], primus inter pares holding the informal position of Prime Minister.  


The Officers of State hold seats in Cabinet ex officio; however, it is rare for the Lords High Steuard, Admiral, Constable and Chamberlain to sit in Cabinet meetings, owing to their mostly ceremonial or administrative roles.
Following this, the prospective Counsellour kneels before the King and kisses his ring. The Privy Council then issues an Order-in-Council creating the person a Counsellour of State.


===Lord High Treasurer's Office===
===Privileges===
{{Distinguish|text = His Majesty's Treasury and Exchequer, the government department responsible for fiscal matters, of which the Lord High Treasurer is ex officio head.}}
Counsellours of State are entitled to the style of „The Right Honourable”, and have precedence in Parliament. They are also entitled to wear the Court Uniform of a Counsellour of State when Court Dress is required to be worn. As a Counsellour, they are entitled to seek an audience with the King to give counsel on the issues of the day.
The Lord High Treasurer's Office, commonly known as the Cabinet Office, is a department of the [[Government of Great Nortend]] responsible for supporting the Lord High Treasurer in his role as Prime Minister, and the Cabinet in general. It is headed by the Clerk Sealer of the Crown.


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His Majesty's
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The Privy Council (Privatum Consilium) is one of the two formal bodies or committees of advisors to the Sovereign of Great Nortend, the other being Parliament. The Privy Council with the Parliament form the body known as the Commune Consilium, or Common Council, which is the full King’s Council, or Curia Regis.

Counsellours of State, being members of the Privy Council, are created by the Sovereign in the Privy Council. Such an appointment accords the title of „Right Honourable”. The process involves the prospective member being summoned to a meeting of the Council followed by his swearing of the Oath and his kissing of the Sovereign’s hands. Counsellours retain their status for life or until the demise of the Crown (demissum regnum) at which time the Privy Council is disbanded. Living former Counsellours may petition to be reappointed by the new Sovereign. In exceptional cases, Counsellours may be expelled from the Privy Council.

Officials

Lord High Chancellour

The Lord High Chancellour, ex officio the Lord Bishop of Chepingstow, is the head of the Privy Council and Keeper of the Privy Seal. He is also the head of the Royal Chancery, or judicial ministry, which is responsible inter alia for engrossing all Orders-in-Council made by the Privy Council. He administers the oath taken by all prospective Counsellours of State.

Clerk Sealer of the Privy Council

The Clerk Sealer of the Privy Council, commonly known as the Clerk Sealer and not to be confused with the Clerk Sealer of the Common Council, is the senior official of the Privy Council as the Lord High Chancellour's deputy, holding responsibility for the formal certification and execution of decisions and executive actions of the Council. He or his delegate must be present at all meetings of the Privy Council, and is required to affix his personal signet as well as the Privy Seal to all Orders-in-Council. He serves as the head of the Lord High Chancellour's Office.

Warden of the Case

The Warden of the Case is an ancient position in the Royal Chancery responsible for keeping the Case of Chancery, a fancy wooden box, which is used to carry warrants, writs, bills, letters patent &c. to the Sovereign or meetings of the Privy Council. Additionally, he has responsibility for the administration of the Privy Council and its sub-committees and boards.

Membership

The Privy Council is composed of the King, the five Officers of State ex officio and other Counsellours of State. To create someone a Counsellour of State, the King causes a writ to be issued under the Privy Seal summoning a prospective Counsellour to attend the King at his Privy Council to take the Oath of a Cousellour of State. The Lord High Chancellour then administers the Oath, the person holding the Bible in his right hand and saying :—

I A. B. swear that I shall faith and troth bear unto our Sovereign Lord the King as one of his Counsellours of State; and I swear that I will not know or understand of manner of thing to be done or spoken against His Majesty’s Person Honour Crown or Dignity Royal but that I will let and withstand the same to the uttermost of my Power and reveal it either to His Majesty himself or to another of His Majesty’s Privy Council as shall advertise the same to His Majesty; and I swear that I will keep private and secret all matters committed and revealed unto me that shall be treated of secretly in His Majesty’s Privy Council and shall not reveal unto any Counsellour any manner pertaining unto him until His Majesty shall cause the same to be published; and I swear that I faithfully and truly believe and recognise that His Majesty is the only highest Governour within His Majesty’s Realms and Dominions in things Spiritual as well as Temporal and that the Bishop of Rome and all foreign Princes Prelates States Potentates or Persons have no Rights Jurisdictions Powers Pre-Eminences and Authorities within His Majesty’s Realms and Dominions and ought to have none of the same except as granted and allowed by His Majesty and that I will evermore defend the Rights Jurisdictions Powers Pre-Eminences and Authorities pertaining unto His Majesty against the Bishop of Rome and all foreign Princes Prelates States Potentates or Persons. So help me God.

Following this, the prospective Counsellour kneels before the King and kisses his ring. The Privy Council then issues an Order-in-Council creating the person a Counsellour of State.

Privileges

Counsellours of State are entitled to the style of „The Right Honourable”, and have precedence in Parliament. They are also entitled to wear the Court Uniform of a Counsellour of State when Court Dress is required to be worn. As a Counsellour, they are entitled to seek an audience with the King to give counsel on the issues of the day.

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