The King’s Speech: The fun, unusual and bizarre traditions

Today we saw the King outline the new Labour Government's plans for the rest of the year.
There was lots of pomp, lots of ceremony and some truly bizarre moments that are considered tradition, which add a little fun to the proceedings!
Eleanor Cunningham has the story.

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[porkpie]

yeeoldmen???? it's pronounced yomen

[CollectiveWest]

Only two errors in this item, which I suppose is what we have to expect from our journalists. The slamming of the door in the face of Black Rod does not symbolise the independence of the government from the monarchy - it's about the rights of the House of Commons. And 'yeomen' is pronounced 'yo-men'. This demonstrates why I rarely bother looking at mainstream media, who are mostly gossip mongerers with a strong herd instinct (with a few exceptions).