By Royal Appointment: Tales from the Privy Council - The Unknown Arm of Government

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What is the Privy Council? What does it do? How did it come into being? We have no written constitution and, therefore, no easy answers to these questions. There are people that would argue that it has no power at all. Others might disagree. Particularly if you had been sentenced to death in a former British overseas territory that still used the P

David Rogers is a parliamentary advisor who has worked with key political figures in the Privy Council. He is a former senior lecturer, visiting fellow and member of the governing body of Goldsmiths University of London and has been a columnist on The Sunday Times and The Spectator. He lives in north Kent.

"This useful book casts light on a little-understood national institution." Charles Clarke "It seems extraordinary that it is almost 100 years since anybody wrote a book about the Privy Council. But now David Rogers finally lifts the lid on one of the great mysterious institutions of the British Constitution." Michael Crick "Once a highway of the British state, the Privy Council is now one of its byways. David Rogers explores its exalted past and humble present with enthusiasm, charm and more than a faint whiff of nostalgia." Professor Anthony King