The Royal Scribes Department was an office of the royal court responsible for producing
manuscripts of royal decrees, laws, and other documents, and maintaining records thereof. Royal scribes were important courtiers who were accorded a high level of trust, as they were responsible for relaying the orders of the king. The position required good command of the Thai language, as well as penmanship skills. The first instance of the ministry was short-lived, and in 1896, it was subsumed into the Office His Majesty's Private Secretary. Its constituent departments underwent many subsequent reorganizations, with the ministry being revived in 1911 by King
Vajiravudh (Rama VI), only to be abolished again in 1926 by his successor, King
Prajadhipok (Rama VII). In 1932, following the
Siamese Revolution, the Office of His Majesty's Private Secretary was renamed the '''Office of His Majesty's Principal Private Secretary
, with its status as a public body equivalent to a government department (or directorate general under a ministry). It retained this status until 2017, when the Royal Decree on the Organization of the Administrative and Personnel Affairs of the Royal Household, B.E. 2560 (2017), was issued. The agency was then renamed back to the Office of His Majesty's Private Secretary'''. Today, the former ministry's functions are mainly covered by the
Secretariat of the Cabinet (SOC). ==Notes==