EPHRAIM HARDCASTLE: Coronation question for Dominic Raab trends now
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Should Justice Secretary and Lord Chancellor Dominic Raab be overwhelmed by bullying allegations and lose his job, he will miss out on the career high of May's Coronation. With dozens of peers and MPs elbowing for the 2,000 available Westminster Abbey seats – there were 8,000 in 1953 – Raab in his state robes is guaranteed a front-row seat as the second most important non-royal according to the order of precedence. But he'll be watching on TV if he is an ex-Lord Chancellor.
Should Justice Secretary and Lord Chancellor Dominic Raab be overwhelmed by bullying allegations and lose his job, he will miss out on the career high of May's Coronation
Apropos the Coronation, since Tony Blair's reforms the Lord Chancellor is no longer a peer. This means that Raab – or his successor – won't need a page to carry his coronet. In 1953, the coronet of the then Lord Chancellor, Baron Simonds, was borne by a young Andrew Parker Bowles.
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