privileges granted by royal charter
Edward iv granted it a royal charter in 1476, giving the event legal protection from closure that is still in force-which, for the fair-goers, is just as well.
In March the three main political parties responded by proposing a royal charter-an ancient device seen as less offensive to a free press than statute would be.
Most in Labour and the Lib Dems, along with a minority of Tories, might then look to statutory regulation of the press-a prospect even less acceptable to the newspapers than the royal charter.
a royal charter exempted the Massachusetts colony from direct interference by the Crown.
Two years later, Charles II granted the society its royal charter; the royal society gave birth to modern science.
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