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#CityFact The Lady Mayor’s chair is ever so slightly higher than that of her consort.
#CityFact The hat worn by The City Swordbearer is known as the Muscovy Hat. It features a small pocket on the underside for keeping the key to the City’s seal, hence “I shall keep it under my hat”.
#CityFact The Lord Mayor of London is the only local government officer to whom His Majesty grants the electoral privilege of being announced by State Trumpeters of the Household Cavalry
#CityFact Following the @lordmayors_show the late Lord Mayor now goes into a six month period of purdah.
#CityFact The military march ‘The Garb of Old Gaul’ (Slow March of the Scots Guards) is played as part of the ceremonial salute when the Lord Mayor of London boards a Royal Navy ship within the riparian limits of the City of London https://t.co/SupBS5iurt
#CityFact Freemen of the City of London may be pleased to learn that by virtue of a Royal Charter (Henry II, 1155) they are free and quit of Bridtoll (Bridge Tolls), Childwite (Child Maintenance imposed by a Feudal Lord) and Jeresgive (Bribery by the King’s officers)
#CityFact Alderman @mrmainelli is the 695th @citylordmayor but today is the 805th @lordmayors_show, fortunately my son is in the top set for mathematics … I’m sure he’ll be able to work out why.
#CityFact The Swordbearer is one the the three Esquires of the Mansion House, his hat is known as the Muscovy Hat and features a pocket for the key to the safe which holds the City seal; keep that under your hat!
#CityFact Did you know the Lord Mayor, Aldermen and Sheriffs are entitled to a certain number of deer from the Royal Forest each year? Venison is a low-fat, high protein, organically sourced meat, rich in iron. PS. A stag features in my heraldic badge (for Hertfordshire).
#Dushanbe, #Tajikistan: Home to the world's largest tea house, capable of hosting 2000 tea lovers at once! #CityFact
Did you know the Mayor’s and City of London Court is the only county court in the UK that does have the word county in its title? #CityFact
#CityFact Did you know the City of London boasts the shortest public railway in the UK?
#CityFact 101 years since Britain, represented by a team entirely made up of @CityPolice officers, won #Gold in the #Olympics for the sport of #tugofwar
#CityFact Did you know that after their term in office Lord Mayors of London are usually elevated to the rank of Knight Bachelor (Kt) which is the most ancient form of knighthood. Here is the insignia of a Knight Batchelor
#CityFact This silver coin was minted in London during the time of King Alfred the Great, first King of all the Anglo-Saxons, who resettled the City of London in 886
Did you know that the members of the City of London’s Commission of Lieutenancy have the right and privilege of being received in person when making an address to the Sovereign; a right contested in 1936 but upheld. #CityFact
Did you know that Lord Mayors of London are made Knights (or Dames) of Justice of the Most Venerable Order the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem by HM The Queen? #CityFact
Did you know the City of London has no fewer than 6 swords, one of which is the Mourning Sword - a plain black sword used at funerals and at various remembrance services. #CityFact
#CityFact #LiveryFact Did you know the Worshipful Company of Masons has absolutely no organisational connection to Freemasonry what-so-ever?
#CityFact The lantern carried during the Ceremony of the Keys at @TowerOfLondon was a gift presented in 1919 by @HACRegiment
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