the Privy Council

noun

: the group of people chosen by the British king or queen to serve as advisers

Examples of the Privy Council in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Trinidad and Tobago is a sovereign republic within the British Commonwealth and still uses London’s Judicial Committee of the Privy Council as its highest court of final appeal. — Dánica Coto, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2026

Jamaica has secured a referral to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in London, still its final court of appeal, on questions including whether Britain owes Jamaicans a reparatory remedy. — Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Nov. 2026

While the British government has consistently rejected calls for financial reparations, the Crown’s referral effectively delegates the legal parsing of these historical grievances to the Privy Council in London. — ABC News, 23 Sep. 2026

Marlowe almost did not graduate because of unauthorized absences, and Queen Elizabeth’s advisers on the Privy Council intervened on his behalf. — Isaac Butler, The Atlantic, 3 Nov. 2025

Rhymes for the Privy Council

• counsel