Appointments to the Privy Council are made by the Sovereign on the advice of the Prime Minister and are for life - there is no fixed number of Members. All Cabinet Members are appointed to the Privy Council, as are some senior members of the Royal Family, senior judges, two Archbishops, the Speaker of the House of Commons, leaders of Opposition parties, and leading Commonwealth spokesmen and judges. The Council now numbers about 550 members.
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UK Privy Council members are not paid a salary for their role as members. However, they may receive allowances for expenses incurred while carrying out council duties. Members typically include senior politicians, judges, and other distinguished figures, and many are already on the public payroll through other positions.
The Queen's Privy Council for Canada is a body of advisors to Her Majesty the Queen of Canada. The Privy Council was created by s. 11 of the Constitution Act, 1867, and consists of members appointed by the Governor General of Canada on the advice of the prime minister. Members of the Privy Council are styled The Honourable, and may use the post-nominals "P.C."By constitutional convention, only privy councillors who are also a minister (and are therefore responsible to the elected House of Commons) may advise the Governor General on the exercise of executive functions. These ministers are usually members of the Cabinet (which is technically a committee of the larger Privy Council).
The title of "The Right Honourable" is given to Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom. If a member of the Privy Council resigns, they may no longer retain the title "The Right Honourable".
For senatorswho are not members of the Queen's Privy Council, the style is: The Honourable Senator [name]who are members of the Queen's Privy Council, the style is: Senator the Honourable [name], P.C.For members of the House of Commons*who are not members of the Queen's Privy Council, the style is: Mr./Mrs. [name], M.P.who are members of the Queen's Privy Council, the style is: The Honourable [name], P.C., M.P.*It should be noted that members of the Commons refer to one another using the courtesy style of honourable almost always (for example, "the honourable member for Etobicoke Lakeshore", or "my honourable colleague across the way", etc.); however, members of the House are only entitled to use the style The Honourable outside of the House of Commons if they are a member of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada. This typically means that the member is, or once was, a minister of the Crown.
There are currently two Privy Councils. Members of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council for the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland are appointed by Her Majesty on the advice of the British Government. Members of the Queen's Privy Council for Canada are appointed by the Governor General of Canada (the Queen's representative) on the advice of the Canadian prime minister. Therefore, while the executive power to appoint members rests with the Queen (or the Queen's representative), the practical selection of members rests with the prime minister of the respective Government of the day.
Supreme Privy Council was created in 1726.
Supreme Privy Council ended in 1730.
Privy Council Ministry ended in 1679.
Privy Council Ministry was created in 1679.
Privy Council of Ireland ended in 1922.
In Jean Anouilh's Becket, the Privy Council of Henry II is comprised of [at least] the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishop of Oxford, Gilbert Follion, and Becket (as the Chancellor of England).