British Council
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The British Council is a British organisation specialising in international cultural and educational opportunities. It works in over 100 countries promoting a wider knowledge of the United Kingdom and
British Council Delhi launch of Mix The City Delhi, 6 April 2017
British Council building in Hong Kong
British Council building in Madrid, Spain
UK-India Year of Culture official launch image on the façade of Buckingham Palace
Royal charter
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A royal charter is a formal grant issued by a monarch under royal prerogative as letters patent. Historically, they have been used to promulgate public laws, the most famous example being the English
British Council
…The organisation has been called a soft power extension of UK foreign policy, as well as a tool for propaganda. The British Council is governed by a royal charter. It is also a public corporation and an executive non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office. Its…
Charter granted by King George IV in 1827, establishing King's College, Toronto, now the University of Toronto
Coloured engraving by H. D. Smith, commemorating the grant of a charter in 1829 to King's College, London
The McGill University Arts Building in Montreal, Quebec
Stauffer Library at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario