Peers represented at this next Coronation?
Posted by JamesL
on 25/10/2022, 20:06:31
Edited by JamesL on 25/10/2022, 20:08:31
Looking at some of the old footage of the late Queen's coronation, one sees quite a few peers standing in rows near the throne, in addition to those who have an actual role (e.g., Norfolk). If there is a scaling back of the overall ceremony, do you think this large presence of peers will be one category to reduce in presence? If that reduction reaches a relatively low number of each rank - duke, marquess, earl, viscount, baron - then my question becomes: what will be the method to retain some peers of each rank? Will it be by how old the title is, or will it be some other method? After all, peerages created in the kingdoms of England and Scotland would be the most ancient, whereas peers created in the United Kingdom would of course be of more recent lineage.
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