The Lord Mayor's Show is a 798 years old parade.
The new Lord Mayor this year is called Fiona Woolf and she is only the second woman to hold the office in nearly 800 years.
The newly-elected Lord Mayor started the day with a breakfast in Guildhall. The Mayor was escorted, in her coach, to the Mansion House, her future official residence. Fiona watched the show from the terrace and joined them after the flypast executed by the Royal Air Force.
The parade travelled down Poultry, Cheapside, New Change, St Paul's Churchyard, Ludgate Hill, Fleet Street and The Strand, where Lord Mayor swore her loyalty to the Crown in the Royal Courts of Justice.
21 bands, robots, dancers, old cars, a bathtub, candles, 150 horses and half a million spectators participated, last Saturday, in the world's largest unrehearsed parade.
The show finished with a fireworks display which took place over the river Thames.
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| The Lord Mayor's Show |
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