UK - London - City of London Common Cryer election ceremony

City Officers and officials help proclaim the disolving of parliament on the day that the period of Britain's general election starts. Accompanied by constables in cloaks, the three Esquires: The City Marshall, the Sword Bearer and the Mace Bearer (who is properly called 'the Common Cryer and Sergeant-at-arms'); who run the Lord Mayor's official residence, announces from the steps of Royal Exchange, Cornhill, to the capital's ancient financial district.

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City Officers and officials help proclaim the disolving of parliament on the day that the period of Britain's general election starts. Accompanied by constables in cloaks, the three Esquires: The City Marshall, the Sword Bearer and the Mace Bearer (who is properly called 'the Common Cryer and Sergeant-at-arms'); who run the Lord Mayor's official residence, announces from the steps of Royal Exchange, Cornhill, to the capital's ancient financial district.