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Lord Chamberlain

British  

noun

  1. (in Britain) the chief official of the royal household

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Court documents say that Stanford offered the archive of emails to the authorities in Monaco and Luxembourg, and shared them with a number of people, including the Lord Chamberlain.

From BBC May 30, 2026

At the time, plays needed approval from an official known as the Lord Chamberlain, and the Royal Court was prosecuted for staging “Saved” without a license.

From Seattle Times Mar. 5, 2024

The Lord Chamberlain, the head of the queen's household, will break his Wand of Office and place it on the coffin.

From Reuters Sep. 18, 2022

But funnily enough, I was asked to do another portrait for the Royal Collection of Lord Chamberlain, who was this very grand old gentleman in the royal household.

From New York Times Sep. 9, 2022

There was no standing room anywhere except next to the Japanese policeman, who in the cause of morals and the Lord Chamberlain had a corner in the gallery and four chairs all to himself.

From From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel by Kipling, Rudyard

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