0 in the UK, one of a group of people of high rank in politics who sometimes advise the king or queen but who have little power:
Hebdon was knighted and appointed a privy councillor.
Four senior members of the Labour Party were named by Downing Street as privy councillors yesterday.
By the afternoon it was agreed that two privy councillors in the department should fly to Balmoral on Monday to seek emergency powers from the Queen.
