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The parade first took place in 1987, [1] as the Lord Mayor of Westminster's Big Parade. The parade was renamed in 1994, and for 2000 only it was called the Millennium Parade. The parade went virtual in 2021 but returned live for 2022, albeit scaled-down, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [2] 500,000 spectators attended the 2023 parade. [3]
The Lord Mayor's water-procession on the Thames, circa 1683 In 1747, the Lord Mayor went to the City of Westminster on a barge via the River Thames. These were the original parade floats . Formerly, the route was varied each year so that the procession could pass through the Lord Mayor's home ward ; since 1952, however, the route has been fixed.
The show dates to the 13th century and is the first official engagement of a new Lord Mayor of London.
The parade eventually continued, and Vincent Keaveny was installed as the Lord Mayor of the City of London (Aaron Chown/PA) “If the City of London was a country, it would be the ninth largest ...
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Lord Mayor's Day as depicted by Canaletto The Lord Mayor's Coach, on Lord Mayor's Day 2014. Lord Mayor's Day is the day marked by a pageant known as the Lord Mayor's Show for the Lord Mayor of the City of London, in England. It is formally styled as The Presentation of the Lord Mayor at The Royal Courts of Justice.
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Thousands of people have gathered in the City of London to watch the Lord Mayor’s Show, a parade dating back more than 800 years. Alderman Nicholas Lyons marked his election as the 694th Lord ...