Editing Lord Mayor of London (section)

==Lord Mayor's Show==
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[[File:LordMayorprocession2011.jpg|thumb|The [[Doggett's Coat and Badge|Doggett's Coat & Badgemen]], State Coach and Company of Pikemen and Musketeers of the [[Honourable Artillery Company]]) awaiting the lord mayor outside the [[Royal Courts of Justice]] on 12 November 2011]]

The day after being sworn into office, the Lord Mayor leads a procession from the City of London to the Royal Courts of Justice in the [[City of Westminster]], where the Lord Mayor swears allegiance to the Crown. This pageantry has evolved into one of London's longest-running and most popular annual events, known as the "Lord Mayor's Show". The Lord Mayor travels in the City's [[Lord Mayor of London's State Coach|state coach]] that was built in 1757 at a cost of £1,065.0s.3d. Nowadays, this festival combines traditional British pageantry with the element of [[carnival]],<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b04pghpr/the-lord-mayors-show-2014| title = www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer ''Lord Mayor's Show 2014''}}</ref> and since 1959 it has been held on the second Saturday in November. Participants include the livery companies, bands and members of the military, charities and schools. In the evening, a fireworks display is held.