The Queen's refusal was rooted in an esoteric rule that prohibited royal members from sitting on a foreign throne ... Located in the House of Lords, the Queen sat on it during the State Opening ...

Writer and broadcaster Esther Krakue discusses the suggestions of bringing in members of the Royal Family to sit within the House of Lords. “There were suggestions you could have members of the ...

The ban, which peers branded “shameful”, dates back to the Stuart-era Claim of Right Act 1689, which barred Catholics from the throne and ... reading in the House of Lords on Wednesday for ...