Editing Lord Mayor of London (section)

===Robes===
[[File:Gavyn Arthur.jpg|thumb|left|[[Gavyn Farr Arthur|Lord Mayor Arthur]] wearing the state robe over court dress]]
As an [[alderman of the City of London]] the Lord Mayor has a scarlet gown and a violet gown, which are identical to those worn by their fellow aldermen except that they are [[Train (clothing)|trained]]. The violet robe is worn at most formal meetings of the Corporation with the scarlet robe substituted on certain days or occasions as directed by the City Ceremonial Book.

For state occasions when the monarch is present, the Lord Mayor wears a crimson velvet robe of state trimmed with an ermine cape and facings, similar to a royal earl's coronation robe. It is tied with gold cordons, and dates from the reign of George IV.<ref name="Weinreb"/>

On other ceremonial occasions a black silk damask robe trimmed with gold lace is worn, of a design the same as that of the [[Lord Chancellor]].  This is known as the Entertaining Gown.<ref name="Weinreb">{{cite book|author1=[[Ben Weinreb|Weinreb, Ben]] |author2=[[Christopher Hibbert|Hibbert, Christopher]] |title=[[The London Encyclopaedia]] |edition=reprint |year=1992 |publisher=[[Macmillan Publishers|Macmillan]] |page=496}}</ref>

At coronations, the Lord Mayor wears a special coronation robe: a mantle of scarlet superfine wool trimmed with bars of gold lace and ermine and lined with white silk satin; they also carry the [[Crystal Sceptre]] as a baton of office. After the coronation, the incumbent may keep their coronation robe as a personal token.

A plain black gown is worn by the Lord Mayor in times of national mourning.<ref name="Weinreb"/>
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File: Lord Mayor of London's coronation robes.JPG|The Lord Mayor wearing the coronation robe and carrying the [[Crystal Sceptre]] at George IV's [[Coronation of the British monarch|coronation]]
File:George Wyatt Truscott Vanity Fair 4 November 1908.JPG|The scarlet robe, with train
File:Joseph Cockfield Dimsdale Vanity Fair 23 October 1902.jpg|The Entertaining Robe
File:Arms of William Russell as Lord Mayor of London.svg|[[William Russell (Lord Mayor)|Lord Mayor Russell]]'s personal [[Coat of arms|arms]]
File:Mainelli_Arms_Impaled_City_of_London.svg|[[Michael Mainelli|Lord Mayor Mainelli]]'s personal [[Coat of arms|arms]]
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