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 Mayor of London with the traditional first official engagement of his one-year term.
Nicholas Lyons waves before the parade to mark his year as Lord Mayor of London (Jonathan Brady/PA)
The new Lord Mayor, with his wife Felicity, receive a blessing from Dean of St Paul’s, the Very Revd Andrew Tremlett (Jonathan Brady/PA)
Many of the City’s traditional livery companies – trade associations based on medieval worker guilds – took part.
Members of the Worshipful Company of Paviors had an inflatable pig (Jonathan Brady/PA)
Mr Lyons then travelled in his horse-drawn state coach – the oldest ceremonial vehicle in the world still in regular use, according to show organisers – to the Royal Courts in Fleet Street to pledge loyalty to the Crown.
A groom tends to horses outside Guildhall in London (Jonathan Brady/PA)
The new Lord Mayor rode in his official state coach (Jonathan Brady/PA)
Cast members from the West End show Grease joined in with their hot rod from the musical (Jonathan Brady/PA)
A firefighter with his rescue dog waves to the crowds (Jonathan Brady/PA)
