queen-in-council
noun
variants:
or Queen-in-Council \ ˈ⸗⸗ˈ⸗⸗ \
plural queens-in-council
or Queens-in-Council
Definition of queen-in-council
: the British monarch acting with the advice and consent of the privy council usually as a formal means of giving legal effect to cabinet decisions
—used when the British monarch is a queen