William Hogarth. The Countess's Morning Levee.1743.
William Hogarth. The Rake's Progress: The Rake's Levee. 1732.
George III: as Man, Monarch, and Statesman. Google Book--with many references to all the historical characters. Ooh lala.
WARMING PAN filled with Welsh Coal from the cellar!
(ok and for the record there is an episode with a warming pan in Pirates of The Caribbean Curse of the Black Pearl. Lookit: Start at 9:50 and watch to the end of the clip. Kiera's boss.)
LEECHES!
Privy Council: historically, the British sovereign’s private council. Once powerful, the Privy Council has long ceased to be an active body, having lost most of its judicial and political functions since the middle of the 17th century. This atrophy was a result of the decline of the sovereign’s responsibility for political decisions as power moved from the monarch to the prime minister and the cabinet. In modern times, meetings of the Privy Council are held for the making of formal decisions.
House of Lords: It processes and revises legislation: Bills have to go through various stages in both houses before they receive Royal Assent and become Acts. The Lords spends about
two-thirds of its time revising or initiating legislation.
It acts as a check on government: Members question the Government orally or
by written questions and they debate policy
issues.
It provides a forum of independent expertise: Specialist committees use Members’ wide-ranging expertise. The majority of committee meetings are open to the public.
House of Commons: popularly elected legislative body of the bicameral British Parliament. Although it is technically the lower house, the House of Commons is predominant over theHouse of Lords, and the name “Parliament” is often used to refer to the House ofCommons alone.
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