lawrence, my wife, marjory, the most honorably, the marcus of lothian, the right honorable sir anthony hooper. together they represent legislative and judicial branches of the united kingdom. also phillip butler, dean of lincoln cathedral, mr. david mao, the law librarian of congress and sir peter westmacott, british ambassador to the united states. also with us here today is sir robert worcester, chairman of the magna carta 800th anniversary celebration committee, the group responsible for coordinating the 800th century celebrations of the sealing of magna carta. that delegation from the inner and middle temples is here to represent two of the professional associations of the barristers of england and wales, lord egor judge, lord justice tomlinson, sir anthony hooper and the reverend robin griffith jones. so i welcome you all, and i'm grateful for your participation in today's ceremony. this exhibition was organized by the library of congress in lin cathedral, bringing magna carta to the usa. we are immensely grateful to dean phillip butler for the loan of lincoln cathedral's 1215 magna cart

associations of the barristers of england and wales, lord egor judge, lord justice tomlinson, sir anthony hooper and the reverend robin griffith jones.

associations of the barristers of england and whales, lord egor judge, lord justice tomlinson, sir anthony hooper and the reverend robin griffith jones. so i welcome you all, and i'm grateful for your participation in today's ceremony. this exhibition was organized by the library of congress in partnership with lincoln cathedral bringing magna carter to the usa. we are immensely grateful to dean phillip butler pour the loan of lincoln cathedral's 12:15 magna carta to the exhibition. the lincoln magna carta returns to lincoln next year, it will be reunited for a brief commemorative event with the three other copies of magna carta that survived from 1215, two of which are kept by the british library, one of which is kept by salisbury cathedral. the british library will display the four surviving manuscripts for one historic day. it will be the first time they've ever been exhibited together. the lincoln magna carta will then be moved to its permanent residence in a dedicated vault specially constructed this year as part of the lincoln castle revealed project. you may have noticed that the magna car