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No Nobles Day: Britain's Parliament boots its last hereditary Lords after 700 years

  • The Associated Press
  • March 11, 2026 at 4:56 PM
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No Nobles Day: Britain's Parliament boots its last hereditary Lords after 700 years

Government minister Nick Thomas-Symonds said the change put an end to "an archaic and undemocratic principle." The removed aristocrats are 92 of the House of Lords' 800 members.

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Originally published at NPR World

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