Lord President of the Council

British

noun

(in Britain) the cabinet minister who presides at meetings of the Privy Council

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She competed in the 2022 Conservative leadership election, before serving as the leader of the House of Commons and lord president of the Council.

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The Lord President of the Council has revealed how she prepared to carry the Sword of State for the King's Coronation.

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The Lord President of the Council reveals how she prepared to carry the Sword of State for the King's Coronation.

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In September, then-Prime Minister Liz Truss gave Ms Mordaunt, her one-time rival for the party leadership, the job of Leader of the House of Commons and Lord President of the Council.

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And the only person who could have stolen the King's show was possibly Penny Mordaunt, the lord president of the council, who hovered around the high altar looking like a deity who had escaped from an ancient Greek urn.

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