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Typical of British heraldry, a cap of maintenance, known in heraldic language as a chapeau gules turned up ermine, is a ceremonial cap of crimson velvet lined with ermine, which is worn or carried by
Angela Smith, Baroness Smith of Basildon with the cap in 2024
The State Opening of Parliament includes a State Procession, a formal display of the Sovereign, dignified by a sizeable entourage made up of Great Officers of State and members of the Royal Household.
The middle part of the procession moving through the Royal Gallery in 2026. Garter King of Arms and Black Rod lead the Lord Speaker and Great Officers of State ahead of the King and Queen.
Queen Elizabeth II passes the Foreign & Commonwealth Office in the Diamond Jubilee State Coach to the Palace of Westminster for the State Opening of Parliament, 27 May 2015.
Parliament Roll 1512 Henry VIII Procession
Earls Procession to Parliament