court circular

British

noun

(in countries having a monarchy) a daily report of the activities, engagements, etc, of the sovereign, published in a national newspaper

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It will build a historical archive of memories, a social history of royal events, and will be supplemented by a digitised version of the "court circular", which records the working lives of the Royal Family.

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026

His involvement is valued widely in the business community and a glance at the court circular shows a busy schedule of trade-related meetings down the years.

From The Guardian • Mar. 6, 2011

From Clarence House, the home of the Queen Mother, a court circular announced the "betrothal of her beloved daughter the Princess Margaret to Mr. Antony Charles Robert Armstrong-Jones."

From Time Magazine Archive

An outer court, circular or rectangular, surrounds the body of the church.

From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

Do what one may, there is no getting an air of variety into a court circular, I acknowledge that.

From A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Part 5. by Twain, Mark

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