Noble Gesture

Fri., Oct. 16, 1998

Begone, Bluemantle Pursuivant! Away with you, Silver Stick in Waiting! Queen Elizabeth II let it be known Thursday that she can find her way into the House of Lords for the official opening of Parliament next month without those grandly named officials. The Gentleman Usher to the Sword of State and the Rouge Croix Pursuivant? Also among the 14 worthies dropped from the procession at the formal opening of the legislative session - all victims of the modernization of the monarchy. Her Majesty has found that she will need only a few dozen escorts, including the Gold Stick in Waiting, the Captain of the Honorable Corps of Gentlemen and the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod.

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