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According to the now defunct Department for Constitutional Affairs, the Prime Minister is made a Privy Counsellor as a result of taking office and should be addressed by the official title prefixed by " The Right Honourable " and not by a personal name.

Although this form of address is employed at formal occasions it is rarely used by the media.

Since " Prime Minister " is a position, not a title, the incumbent should be referred to as " the Prime Minister ".

The title " Prime Minister " ( e. g. " Prime Minister David Cameron ") is technically incorrect but is sometimes used erroneously outside the United Kingdom, and has more recently become acceptable within it.

Within the UK, the expression " Prime Minister Cameron " ( or " Prime Minister Brown ", etc.

) is never used, although it, too, is sometimes used by foreign dignitaries and news sources.