Francis Plowden has commented about privileges at the Palace of Westminster extended to the children of peers. The last word goes to the website, Parliament.uk:
1.59 The following may sit on the steps of the Throne:
· members of the House of Lords in receipt of a writ of summons, including those who have not taken their seat or the oath and those who have leave of absence;
· members of the House of Lords who are disqualified from sitting or voting in the House as Members of the European Parliament or as holders of disqualifying judicial office;[59]
· hereditary peers who were formerly members of the House and who were excluded from the House by the House of Lords Act 1999;[60]
· the eldest child (which includes an adopted child)[61] of a member of the House (or the eldest son where the right was exercised before 27 March 2000);[62]
· peers of Ireland;
· diocesan bishops of the Church of England who do not yet have seats in the House of Lords;
· retired bishops who have had seats in the House of Lords;
· Privy Counsellors;
· Clerk of the Crown in Chancery;
· Black Rod and his Deputy;
· the Dean of Westminster.
It is pleasing that the rights of Irish Peers have been enshrined; however, Francis and I are not eligible to sit on the steps.