Prince Charles Opens U.K. Parliament With Queen Elizabeth Absent
etcanada.comGreat Britain’s heir-to-the-throne Prince Charles and Prince William took centre stage amid the pomp and pageantry of the opening of parliament on Tuesday, replacing the 96-year-old Queen Elizabeth who missed the grand set-piece event with health issues.
With the Queen forced to withdraw for the first time in almost 60 years, Charles stepped in to read out the government’s legislative agenda at the Palace of Westminster, the first time he has taken on such a major constitutional duty.
The Queen, the world’s oldest and longest-reigning monarch, has been absent from nearly all high-profile public events in recent months.
She was forced to miss the speech due to a recurrence of mobility issues. Read more: Queen Elizabeth will miss U.K.’s opening of Parliament due to ‘mobility problems’ Charles, who had attended the opening of parliament alongside his mother in recent years, wore an admiral’s uniform to read out the agenda from a throne.
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