there is a man sitting on the front bench by the name of dennis skinner. he has been there since 1970 and he always says something that usually gets a chuckle out of people when blackrock comes in. >> he is the sergeant of arms of the upper house. >> who chooses? >> he is chosen by a committee of the house of lords. >> he is a civilian. >> a lot of them are civilians in the sense that a lot are ex military people. he is chosen by a committee of the house of lords. and that is it. >> so he comes over from the house of lords as the queen is arriving and what does he do? >> he comes to the emissary of the queen to summon back from the house of commons to attend the house of lords. as he arrives, the door is slammed in his face and he bangs on it with his staff. this dates back to the reign of charles i, when the king and parliament were at loggerheads. the king sent a message down to the house of commons at one point to arrest five members and they slammed the door. in the face of the monarchy. >> dennis skinner has been in parliament since 1970, was a coal m

[laughter] >> contribution from dennis skinner. >> some of those were hard to hear.hem,ing a number of telling her to read the guardian . why would you want to read the guardian? they do not like the monarchy, i assume. >> i would not call the guardian republican. there was a story about the royal family that was drawn to her attention. >> it tolls for thee, maggie. >> before she was ejected by her party from the premiership. >> referring to the queen, said she brought to milla -- camilla with her. >> that was when the prince of wife was a more controversial figure that she is nowadays. >> the next year, who shot the harriers? was.do not know what that >> there is an aircraft called the harrier. and the next one, royal expenses are on their way. >> she has always been concerned about the expenditure of the royal household. shouted, he simply "tell her to pay her taxes!" >> no royal commission this week. and then, jubilee year, double recession, what a start. common on what he regarded as the unnecessary expenditure of the diamond jubilee a couple of years ago. recess