Parliament - The House of Lords
By Sarah Abeling
The House of Lords or Peers is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of the United Kingdom. De Saussure wrote that the room was "larger and longer than broad" (54). The seats were upholstered in crimson red and embroidered gold. The hall had been hung with tapestries of Queen Mary of Scots depicting the Spanish Armada that Phillip II of Spain sent against Queen Elizabeth.