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Lord Privy Seal
The
Lord Privy Seal
(or, more formally, the
Lord Keeper of the
Privy Seal
) is the fifth of the
Great Officers of State
in the United Kingdom, ranking beneath the
Lord President of the Council
and above the
Lord Great Chamberlain
. The office is one of the traditional
sinecure
offices of state. Originally, its holder was responsible for the monarch's personal (privy) seal (as opposed to the
Great Seal of the Realm
, which is in the care of the
Lord Chancellor
). Today, the holder of the office is invariably given a seat in the
Cabinet of the United Kingdom
.
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