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Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod, David Leakey walks across the Central Lobby of the Palace of Westminster to the House of Commons to summon members of parliament to listen to the Queen Speech during the State Opening of Parliament ceremony in London on June 21, 2017. Queen Elizabeth II will formally open parliament and announce the British government's legislative programme on Wednesday, two days later than planned. The state opening, a ceremony full of pomp in which the monarch reads out the Queen's Speech detailing the government's programme for the coming year, was due to take place on June 19, but was delayed after Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservative party lost their majority in the House of Commons in the June 8 election. / AFP PHOTO / POOL / NIKLAS HALLE'N (Photo credit should read NIKLAS HALLE'N/AFP via Getty Images)