grace and favour
nounDefinitions
Owned by the sovereign or government and granted free of rent to a person as an…
Owned by the sovereign or government and granted free of rent to a person as an expression of gratitude or obligation.
- In 1986 a fire began in a grace-and-favour apartment above the King's Apartments in the south Wren wing.
- In the days before she formally stepped down, Truss held farewell parties for her supporters at the prime ministerial grace-and-favour mansion of Chequers.
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