Privy Council

His Imperial Majesty’s Privy Council is the body in which the Emperor is advised in all matters of state. The Privy Council is comprised of three Committees with varying roles, purposes and makeups. Its leader is the Lord President of the Privy Council, who directly oversees both the Advisory Committee and Household Committee, and informally oversees the Executive Committee (otherwise known as the Cabinet). The Lord President, directly appointed by His Imperial Majesty to serve at His pleasure, is currently His Imperial Highness, D. Ioan Vasa, Prînzip eui Kiev.

The Household Committee is the most junior of the committees, and is led by the Chief Herald of the Empire, who is in charge of approving and cataloguing all coats of arms on behalf of the Emperor. Its primary role is to serve as the mouthpiece of the Emperor in certain public matters. However, due to the committee’s juniority, its members do not have security clearance on par with the rest of the Council. The Executive Committee, meanwhile, advises the sovereign on day-to-day matters. The Royo-dà-Conseili issues executive instruments known as Orders-in-Council, and the Executive Committee, led by the current Prime Minister, holds delegated authority to issue them. Finally, the Advisory Committee is the most senior of the committees. It is made up of elder statesmen including former Prime Ministers, members of the Imperial Family, and other luminaries with long careers of service; and is usually consulted on matters of grave national importance or on matters requiring extreme secrecy.

HIS IMPERIAL MAJESTY’S PRIVY COUNCIL