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
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The Lord Speaker is the presiding officer, chairman and highest authority of the House of Lords in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The office is analogous to the Speaker of the House of Commons:
McFall in full state robes (but without wig) in 2023
The Lord Speaker's procession prior to the State Opening of Parliament (2024).
Official portrait of Baroness Hayman crop 2, 2023