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Wednesday, December 3, 2008

State Opening of the British Parliament


H.M. Queen Elizabeth II presided over the State Opening of Parliament this morning. Today's pageantry, marking the start of a new legislative session, and the Queen's Speech can be seen here. The ceremony is the fifty-seventh of the Queen's reign and was first televised fifty years ago. The 1958 ceremony can be seen in the following video:




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