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Speaking in the House of Lords on 2 July 2025
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House of Lords (Hereditary Peers) BillContribution
The Earl Marshal organises occasions such as state funerals, the State Opening of Parliament and Coronations. This office was founded in 1135. Although Richard III appointed the Duke of Norfolk to it in 1483, it became hereditary to the Norfolk family only in 1672. According to Robert Hardman’s biography of King Charles III, when the present Duke of Norfolk asked his father, Miles, about the complexities of organising Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral, he replied:
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