that is to say lord chamberlain. the lord chamberlain is in charge of the palace.he royal calvary and then they have part responsibility for westminster hall. host of the palace is not in their jurisdiction. he is in charge of those royal bits of the parliament. another look at the brand-new coach.oa ♪ ♪ a glimpse of the interior because there are lots of little inlaid pieces of wood highly polished that come from places like hollywood house and windsor castle and the cathedral. little samples if you like which represents a thousand years of british and commonwealth tradition. it's a real work of art to put it mildly and to signal that the queen is leaving the palace the royal staff is being lowered. the union flag back in place above the palace of westminster. the fanfare is sounded. the coach is leaving and once again i have to say here we have a rather splendid view of the queen's to karcher. there we have just a group of the coach in view. although it's a rather dull day a little wet everything is glistening in gleaming. including the lifeguards, the third and

there is lord chamberlain. ught a glimpse of the lord privy seal but now we have the next procession and this is the lord's chancellors procession. this is the first nonlawyer to be chancellor for hundreds of years actually and given that jack straw has done this and sitting next to my thoughts on this procession jack. >> the main thought is to make sure that you stick to the injunctions imposed on you by the lord great chamberlain at the rehearsal. you literally do not put a foot wrong. it's a bit like juggling or riding a horse. you have just got to concentrate it's pretty straightforward but there were bits i worried about a lot like going up the steps and coming back backwards down the stairs and remembering which door i should leave from a the first time i did this i left from there wrong door and the duke -- my on the way out. ken clark and i are the first commons to have ever done this since thomas moore. >> did you make a threat by the way? [laughter] >> these are the peers who will be in the procession

. >> they are waiting for the signal from the lord chamberlain. ncellor, you see him there, they are telling him to deliver the speech. it is done very carefully. >> it is the last speech of the parliament. >> my lords and members of the house of commons, my government will continue to deliver on its long-term plan to build a stronger economy and a fairer society. to strengthen the economy and provide stability and security, my ministers will continue to reduce the deficit. we will help to ensure that interest rates remain low. an updated charter for budget responsibilities will be brought forward to ensure that future government spends taxpayer money responsibly. my government will also continue to cut taxes in order to increase financial security. my ministers will implement measures to increase further personal allowance and freeze fuel duty. measures will be brought forward for a married couple's allowance. it will recognize marriage in the tax system. legislation will be introduced to help make the united kingdom the most attractive place to s

the lord speaker, lord privy seal, and lord chancellor, the earl marshall, lord great chamberlain, andhave lord hill barie bearing the cup maintenance and general the lord walker with the sword of state. her imagine industry and duke of edinburgh and then the beiges of honor, the honorable charles armstrong. making their way into the prince's chamber which is dominated by vast marble statue of queen victoria but there are portraits of tudor monarchs dotted around the prince's chamber as well and then that leads directly into this great chamber of the house of lords. a chamber which has seen so many changes over the past century. everyone rises. the queen will take her place on the principal throne next to the duke of edinburgh. the two chairs of state on the left for the prince of wales and the deutscuchess of cornwall. and the queen will give a signal to send black rod. >> my lords, pray be seated. >> the signal has been received. black rod in a very determined way steps off from the heart of the palace of westminster in the central lobby. that is where members of the public can come

talking about that long tradition, we have the lord chamberlain, as i mentioned earlier, taking the imperial state crown from the royal gallery into the robing room because, of course, they now know that the queen is on her way, and it's not a long run even if that great coach from buckingham palace along the mall down to parliament square. so just a few minutes to go before her majesty arrives and the crown being taken into the robing room in preparation. nick? >> we asked tom whether he was comfortable with the ceremony. i think it's interesting, wee just gone through a moment of rejection of the political class in elections. not by everybody but by a substantial slug of the electorate chose not to vote or not to vote for any of these three guys' main parties in the uk. now, we heard from the smp angus robertson say we want to put this all behind us, all this ceremony and stuff. i think what's interesting is people don't seem to me to be rejecting this particularly. back in the mid '90s there was a move, jack will remember it, in new labor to say in modernizing britain, does it mean puttin