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The Court of Aldermen, the Court of Common Council and the Freemen and Livery of the City (livery companies were medieval guilds such as the worshipful company of costermongers, cutpurses and safecrackers). The lord mayor of the City, who always served for one year, headed them. Every year a lord mayor was elected as monarch of The City. The British Parliament did not make a move without consulting the lord mayor of The City. For here in the heart of London were grouped together powerful financial institutions dominated by the Rothschilds controlled Central Bank of England. The Rothschild's who have traditionally chosen the Lord Mayor since 1820. This peculiar situation was commented by a well-known English journalist by the name of Aubrey Menen who wrote in 1976 in the London Time Life:
"The relation of this monarch of the City to the monarch of the realm [Queen] is curious and tells much. When the Queen of England goes to visit the City she is met by the Lord Mayor at Temple Bar, the symbolic gate of the City. She bows and asks for permission to enter his private, sovereign state. During such state visits, the Lord Mayor in his robes and chain, and his entourage in medieval costume, outshines the royal party, which can dress up no further than service uniforms. The Lord Mayor leads the queen into his city. The symbolism is clear. The Lord Mayor is the monarch. The Queen is his subject."
As the former British Prime Minister of England during the late 1800s, Benjamin D' Israeli once wrote:
"So you see the world is governed by very different personages from what is imagined by those, who are not behind the scenes.”
(Coningsby, The Century Co., N.Y., 1907, p.)
An enclave in the United Kingdom! Whoever stood behind that had to have at his disposal power, influence, and immense financial resources.
For a moment I thought to ask my school friend Johnny, who was later to become one of the most distinguished barristers of Lincoln Inn. He would know, what was really going on. But than I decided to drop the subject. Sometimes it is better to let things rest - or not even to know about them.
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