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| Recipients of Maundy money (since the reign of Henry IV) |
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One man and one woman, for every year of the sovereign's age |
| Special Maundy money was first minted in the reign of |
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Charles II |
| Office dating back to 1103, whose holder is responsible for overseeing the distribution of Maundy money |
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Lord High Almoner |
Occasions when a 21–gun salute is traditionally fired:
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The anniversary of the Queen's accession (6 February) |
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The Queen's private birthday (21 April) |
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The anniversary of the Queen's coronation (2 June) |
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The Duke of Edinburgh's birthday (10 June) |
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The Queen's official birthday (a Saturday in June) |
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Prince Charles's birthday (14 November) |
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The proroguing of Parliament |
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The occasion of a royal birth |
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The Queen meeting a visiting head of state |
20 extra guns (41 in total) are fired in the Royal Parks (Hyde Park and Green Park); 62 guns are fired at the Tower of London.
| Ceremony of conferring a knighthood |
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Accolade (or Dubbing) |
| Civic dignitary next in rank to the Mayor (now little used) |
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Alderman |
| Popular name for the Yeoman Warders (of the Tower of London) |
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Beefeaters |
| Chief Magistrate and leader of the Republic of Venice, c. 700 – 1797; celebrated the symbolic marriage of the republic to the sea, each Ascension Day, by casting a ring from the state barge (the bucentaur) |
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Doge |
| Represents the sovereign in a Dominion |
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Governor–General |
| Performs ambassadorial duties in one Commonwealth country on behalf of another |
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High Commissioner |
| Certain German princes were known (from the middle ages until 1806) as Electors, because they elected the |
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Holy Roman Emperor |
| The Queen's household: (top three posts, in descending order) |
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Lord Chamberlain |
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Lord Steward | |
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Master of the Horse | |
| Represents the Sovereign in a county |
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Lord Lieutenant |
| Office to which the new appointee is sworn in annually, on the Friday before the second Sunday in November, in what is known as the Silent Ceremony |
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Lord Mayor of London |
| Admiral of the Port of London | ||
| Scottish equivalent of a (Lord) Mayor |
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(Lord) Provost |
| Ceremonial office held by the Lordship of Scrivelsby, Lincs |
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Queen's Champion |
| Right Reverend |
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Bishop |
| Captured by Edward I in 1296 as spoils of war, and fitted into the Coronation Chair (a.k.a. King Edward's Chair or St. Edward's Chair) at Westminster Abbey; used since then at the coronations of English and British monarchs; named after the Abbey in Perthshire where it was previously kept, to be used in Scottish coronations |
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Stone of Scone |
| Also known as the Stone of Destiny, Jacob's Pillow Stone, the Tanist Stone, or (primarily in England) the Coronation Stone | ||
| Stolen from Westminster Abbey on Christmas Day 1950 by a group of Scottish students, who accidentally broke it in two; they took it to Scotland, where it was repaired and left on the altar of Arbroath Abbey; it was returned to Westminster in April 1951 | ||
| Returned to Scotland in 1996 (on the 700th anniversary of its capture) and kept with the Scottish crown jewels at Edinburgh Castle, on the understanding that it will be returned to Westminster for future coronations | ||
| Placed on the head of the sovereign during the Coronation of a British sovereign |
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St. Edward's Crown |
The three names of the pointless sword borne before the sovereign at coronations are:
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Sword of Mercy |
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Curtana |
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Sword of Edward the Confessor |
| Additional title held by the Governor–General of India, from 1858 to 1947 |
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Viceroy |
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