privy chamber

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1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a private apartment inside a royal residence

2. archaic a private room reserved for the use of a specific person or group

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Saouy, who witnessed the agitation of the people from the windows of the king's privy chambers, called to the executioner to strike at once.

This was Sir John Russell, gentleman of the Privy Chamber, soldier, ambassador, and favorite of King Henry VIII.

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