FILE This Wednesday, May 9, 2012 file photo shows Britain's Queen Elizabeth II seated beside Prince Philip in the House of Lords as she waits to read the Queen's Speech to lawmakers in London. Prime Minister David Cameron on Wednesday set out ambitious plans to replace Britain's 700-year-old House of Lords, the country's unelected upper chamber, with a smaller, mostly elected body _ taking on a task that has frustrated political leaders for decades. “We have been discussing this issue for 100 years and it really is time to make progress,” Cameron told legislators, hoping his government can succeed in stripping the country's non-elected elites of a legislative role which has its roots in the 11th Century. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, Pool)