As the Queen was forced to step down on Monday due to repeated mobility problems, 73-year-old Charles arrived at Westminster Palace to read the government’s legislative agenda.
Charles, who has attended the opening of parliament with his mother in recent years, began reading each bill, saying: “Her Majesty’s Government will …”
The state opening of the parliament is an event of great pomp and pomp, in which the queen traditionally travels to the assembly in a state carriage escorted by cavalry in ceremonial uniform, while the imperial state crown and other regalia travel forward in a carriage with their own.
The monarch puts on his state attire before leading a procession to the upper house of the House of Lords, where she sits on the throne and officially opens a new session of parliament, reading a speech written by the government outlining its legislative plans.
The Queen missed the occasion only twice during her 70-year reign – in 1959 and 1963, when she was pregnant with her sons Andrew and Edward.
The Queen, who has missed a number of public engagements since being hospitalized overnight last October for an unspecified illness, had to issue a Patent Letter to authorize Charles and William to play her part in the constitutional event.
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