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  • A state occasion or act of state is an official state ceremony usually marking an important event or honouring a person. Characteristics of a state occasion...
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    Buckingham Palace (category Commons category link is on Wikidata)
    Located in the City of Westminster, the palace is often at the centre of state occasions and royal hospitality. It has been a focal point for the British people...
    68 KB (7,435 words) - 09:41, 19 November 2024
  • officers there are other serjeants-at-arms who attend the sovereign on state occasions, a remnant of the body established by Richard I (though today their...
    36 KB (3,572 words) - 08:33, 9 September 2024
  • the only privileges of being a "minister of state" are precedence according to protocol on state occasions and a ministerial car registration number. De...
    20 KB (2,453 words) - 06:46, 1 November 2024
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    Bentleys and three Rolls-Royces. They are used by the monarch on state and formal occasions, and may also be used by senior members of the Royal Family...
    71 KB (8,787 words) - 09:10, 25 October 2024
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    King's Troop, Royal Horse Artillery (category Commons category link is on Wikidata)
    carriage and team of black horses for state funerals. The unit is most often seen providing gun salutes on state occasions in Hyde Park, and Green Park. After...
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    A state coach, also known as a gala coach, is a highly decorative ceremonial coach used in Europe by a monarch or head of state on state occasions. A four-wheeled...
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    Six and BBC News at Ten). She has been a television presenter for state occasions and has also presented the BBC's Election Night coverage, alongside...
    21 KB (2,084 words) - 05:10, 19 November 2024
  • submitted to the Board of Green Cloth, and was in waiting on the Sovereign on state occasions only. Exclusive of the Crown Equerry there were seven regular...
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    Livery (category Commons category link is on Wikidata)
    the British royal court, scarlet state livery is still worn by footmen, coachmen and other attendants on state occasions. The full-dress scarlet coats are...
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    the British Royal Household, wearing a distinctive scarlet livery on state occasions. In Lewis Carroll's novel Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, the Queen...
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    Court uniform and dress in the United Kingdom (category State ritual and ceremonies)
    official. It is still worn today on state occasions by certain dignitaries both in the UK and abroad. Court dress, on the other hand, is a stylized form...
    51 KB (6,949 words) - 13:56, 11 July 2024
  • times, a senior government whip has invariably occupied the office. On state occasions the Comptroller (in common with certain other senior officers of the...
    16 KB (1,434 words) - 15:58, 20 November 2024
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    Sherwani (category Commons category link is on Wikidata)
    kameez on state occasions and national holidays. General Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq made it compulsory for all officers to wear sherwani on state occasions and...
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    British ensign were primarily used on state occasions. The flag consists of a defaced British Blue Ensign with the state badge located in the fly. The badge...
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    Page of Honour (category Commons category link is on Wikidata)
    Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom. It requires attendance on state occasions, but does not now involve the daily duties which were once attached...
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  • limousine for ceremonial occasions, such as the State Opening of Parliament. She more commonly uses a white armoured BMW 7 series when on official business....
    225 KB (25,265 words) - 22:58, 20 November 2024
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    Pena Palace (category Infobox mapframe without OSM relation ID on Wikidata)
    Site and one of the Seven Wonders of Portugal. It is also used for state occasions by the President of the Portuguese Republic and other government officials...
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    Throne (category Commons category link is on Wikidata)
    throne is the seat of state of a potentate or dignitary, especially the seat occupied by a sovereign (or viceroy) on state occasions; or the seat occupied...
    41 KB (4,984 words) - 09:00, 8 November 2024
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    Technically, the Coronation Chair is not a throne (seat of state occupied by the sovereign on state occasions). Coronation Chair. Vol. 22. 1929. p. 163. {{cite...
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