HR on the weekend: Arrival, Lord Mayor's Day & Woodland Lights Experience

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To celebrate history and traditions that began in 1215, when the King was persuaded to issue a Royal Charter that allowed the City of London to elect its own Mayor, Saturday commemorates Lord Mayor's Day.

The origin of the journey up the Thames to Westminster was for the newly elected Mayor to swear his loyalty to the Crown – and it’s been going on for 800 years.

The celebration of the City’s ancient power and prosperity, marked with a splendid flotilla of traditional Thames barges and small boats, including the famous QRB Gloriana, brings together City’s businesses, Livery Companies, charities, Her Majesty’s Forces, the City Police, and Londoners.