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Royal Marriages and Succession to the Crown (Prevention of Discrimination) Bill

A few moments ago, my hon. Friend referred to a Duke of Norfolk, but the current Duke of Norfolk is the Earl Marshal of England and the principal master of ceremonies for the coronation and so on. Of course, he is a hereditary Catholic. Again, it comes back to the point made by the hon. Member for Gainsborough (Mr. Leigh), which was that Catholics are facilitating all the rubrics, traditions and ceremonies of the monarchy and the Church of England. The Earl Marshal of England—the Duke of Norfolk—is a Catholic and carries out all his functions. He even instructs the Lord Chancellor on how to move backwards when he hands the speech to the throne.