UK's aristocratic lawmakers prepare for life after the Lords

It is "out of step with modern Britain," government minister Nick Thomas-Symonds said in September as he introduced the legislation that will scrap the Lords' bloodline members.

William Richard Fletcher-Vane, better known as Lord Inglewood, poses for a photograph on his estate at Hutton-in-the-Forest, near Penrith, northern England on November 18, 2024. (Credit: AFP)