A privy council is a body that advises the head of state of a nation on how to exercise their executive authority, typically, but not always, in the context of a monarchic government. The word "privy" means "private" or "secret"; thus, a privy council was originally a committee of the monarch's closest advisors to give confidential advice on affairs of state.
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Brunei: Privy Council
of Brunei
Canada: Queen's Privy Council for
Canada
Denmark: Danish Council of State
Thailand: Privy Council of
Thailand
Tonga: Privy
Council of Tonga
United Kingdom:
Her Majesty's
Most Honourable Privy Council
Scotland: Privy Council of Scotland
(abolished 1707)
Russia: Supreme
Privy Council (abolished 1730)
France: Conseil du Roi (abolished 1799 and
replaced by the Conseil d'État)
Hanover: Privy Council of Hanover
(abolished 1866)
China: Grand Council
(abolished 1898)
Germany: Geheimrat (abolished 1918 and replaced with
the State Council 1919-1933, and the Federal Council from 1949)
Ireland: Privy Council of Ireland
(abolished 1922) Thailand: Supreme Council of State
of Siam (abolished 1932)
Japan: Privy
Council of Japan (abolished 1947)
Northern
Ireland: Privy
Council of Northern Ireland (made dormant 1972)
Sweden: Privy Council of Sweden
(abolished 1974; members are now the Cabinet government)The Privy Council is a group of advisors to a Monarch.
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