WORLD IN BRIEF : BRITAIN : Major Sworn In in Palace Rites
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Prime Minister John Major was sworn into office by Queen Elizabeth II at a Privy Council meeting at Buckingham Palace. During the ceremony, a tradition since the Middle Ages, Major and the five new members of his 22-member Cabinet in charge of government departments kissed the queen’s hand and were made lifetime members of the Privy Council, a mostly ceremonial body of royal councilors.
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