High Court of Sydalon

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Her Majesty's High Court
Sydalon Royal Coat of Arms.png
AbbreviationHaut Cour, HC
Formation1298
Legal statusNon-executive advisory body
Melisende III
First Secretary
vacant
Secretary
The Lord Micallef
Staff
High Court Office
Websitehautcour.gov.sd

Her Majesty's Most Noble High Court (Audonian: Haut Cour; Sydalene: Qorti Għolja), usually referred to as the Haut Cour, is a formal body of advisers to the Monarch of Sydalon. the Haut Cour is composed of the Monarch, his or her consort, Great Officers of State, and government ministers. The Monarch chairs the council, though the First Secretary serves as the de facto major personality of the High Court.

High Court members mostly are selected due to their status as members of the royal family and Crown-appointed members that generally possess political, commercial, diplomatic or military experience. The Monarch is responsible for all appointments to the High Court, and all members serve at the Monarch's pleasure. The High Court's chief function is to advise the Monarch on any political, foreign, domestic matter, or any issue for which the Monarch request advice. The Monarch, through the High Court, may directly submit legislation to either chamber of the Senate. Due to its Audonic roots, the Haut Cour is the only Sydalene institution that does not use Sydalene as its working language, instead utilizing Audonian.

History

Committees

Meetings

Membership

Office Member Since Duties
Monarch
Melisende III 3 September 2017
Members of Her Royal Majesty's Household
Prince of Petra HRH The Prince of Petra 3 September 2017
Consort to the Sydalene monarch HRH The Prince Consort 20 June 2018
Queen Dowager HRM The Queen Dowager 3 September 2017
Great Officers of State
Lord Constable
Lord connétable
vacant 3 October 2017 Office only in use for Royal Anointings
Chancellor
Chancelier
vacant 3 December 2018
Seneschal
Sénéchal
Held in commission Position is held in commission among the ten royal domain seneschals
Grand Marshal
Grand-maréchal
HRH The Prince Consort 9 January 2019
Grand Chamberlain
Grand chambellan
The Countess of Fuvre 7 June 2018
Comptroller of the Royal Estate
Contrôleur
Michael Fsadni 12 September 2015
Grand Admiral
Grand Amiral
Prince Rainer of Adelon 25 June 2018
Lord Advocate
Lord Avocat
Fernande Mifsud CR 2 December 2018 Chief legal representative of the Crown
Government ministers
Minister of the Interior Konstantinu Azzopardi 3 December 2018
Minister of Foreign Relations Belandra Ferro de Pallaviki 3 December 2018
Minister of Defense The Count of Toron 2 February 2008
Minister of Justice Jordan Abdeshmun 3 December 2018
Minister of Finance and Economy The Lord Izzo 3 December 2018
Members appointed at the Monarch's discretion
Private Secretary to the Queen Spiru Tawmi 2 October 2017 Senior operational member of the Imperial Household; responsible for the official program and correspondence of the Queen
Queen's Councillor HRH The Duke of Montfort 2 March 2018 General councillor appointed at the Monarch's discretion