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After a flurry of last-minute legislation, Parliament will be prorogued, or formally suspended, in a ceremony featuring hat-doffing, lords in ermine-trimmed robes and commands in Norman French.

The early rolls were written in Norman French and Latin, with the first version fully in English not until 1820 and the Coronation of George IV.

In 1066, the Norman French, led by William the Conqueror, invaded England in an event now known as “the Norman Conquest.”

Parliament was formally suspended, or prorogued, on Thursday in a tradition-steeped ceremony involving ermine-draped members of the House of Lords and an official proclaiming “the queen wills it” in Norman French.

She would speak in her gentle way with the pleasant mixture of Norman French and good English words that were becoming the fashion.