English: Accession Council
Welsh: Cyngor yr Esgyniad
Subject: Cyfiawnder a threfn
Welsh definition: An Accession Council – formed of all Privy Counsellors, Great Officers of State, the Lord Mayor and City Civic party, Realm High Commissioners and certain senior civil servants – is usually convened within 24 hours of the death of a Sovereign and is customarily held at St James’s Palace.