Parliament Pomp and Pageantry

Yeomen of the Guard prepare to conduct a ceremonial search at the House of Lords in London, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009, before the State Opening of Parliament. The search dates back to Nov. 5 1605, when Guy Fawkes, one of a group of plotters, was arrested in the cellars underneath Parliament, with a store of gunpowder, with which he planned to blow up Parliament.

Yeomen of the Guard pick up their lamps, as they prepare to conduct a ceremonial search at the House of Lords in London, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009, before the State Opening of Parliament.

The Imperial State Crown is carried into the Houses of Parliament for Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, in London, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009, during the annual State Opening of Parliament. The Queen's Speech sets out her government's legislative plans for the coming parliamentary year.

Britain's Prince Philip holds the hand of Queen Elizabeth II, during the State Opening of Parliament in London, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009. The Queen's Speech from the throne sets out her government's legislative plans for the coming parliamentary year.

Britain's Prince Philip holds the hand of Queen Elizabeth II, during the State Opening of Parliament in London, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009. The Queen's speech from the throne, sets out her government's legislative plans for the coming parliamentary year.

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip walk through the Royal Gallery in the Houses of Parliament in London, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009, during the annual State Opening of Parliament.

Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Leader of the Conservative Party David Cameron walk through the Members' Lobby of the Houses of Parliament in London, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009, before Queen Elizabeth II's speech at the State Opening of Parliament.

Lord Mandleson, at left, arrives in the House of Lords as part of the official party that escorts Britain's Queen Elizabeth II to her throne, during the State Opening of Parliament in the House of Lords, within the Palace of Westminster, in London, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009.

Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher is helped to her seat by an usher, as she arrives for the State Opening of Parliament in the House of Lords, within the Palace of Westminster, in London, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009. parliamentary year.

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, with Prince Philip sitting alongside, delivers her speech, which officially opens the new session of Parliament, in the House of Lords within the Palace of Westminster in London, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009.

Sarah Brown, wife of Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown, looks down from the gallery after listening to Britain's Queen Elizabeth II's speech, which officially opens the new session of Parliament, in the House of Lords within the Palace of Westminster, in London, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009.

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II leaves the Houses of Parliament in London, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009, where she delivered her speech for the State Opening of Parliament.

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