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The King’s Speech ran to 1,223 words, making it the longest monarch’s speech at a State Opening of Parliament since 2005. (POOL/AFP via Getty Images) In pictures: Members of House of Lords and ...
King’s Speech 2024: Key takeaways from Labour’s first opening of parliament. Labour MP becomes first of 2024 intake to make maiden speech. 19:29, Andy Gregory. Labour’s Kirith Entwistle was ...
Watch live: Charles delivers King’s Speech from Buckingham Palace. Monday 25 December 2023 15:03, Tara Cobham. Watch live as King Charles III delivers the annual King’s Speech on Monday, 25 ...
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The 2023 State Opening of Parliament was the first time a King's Speech had been presented since November 1951, during the reign of George VI. [20] It was also the first full military State Opening ceremony to occur since before the COVID-19 pandemic , with around 1,400 British Armed Forces personnel taking part. [ 21 ]
MPs listened to the speech in silence, before returning to the Commons, where a debate on the speech began two hours or so later. [7] [8] [9] The King and Queen enthroned. At 1,421 words, [10] it was the longest monarch's speech to be delivered to Parliament since 2003. [11] The occasion also coincided with the Queen's 77th birthday. [12]
Watch the full version of King Charles III's first King's Speech as monarch at the State Opening of Parliament on Tuesday, 7 November. The speech was written by the government to set out the ...
Recognised in the name of Bruce of Crionaich by Lord Lyon King of Arms in 1984, [1] on 3 July 2021, after 20 years together, Bruce was married to Stephen Knott at St John's Episcopal Church by the Bishop of Edinburgh. [25] [26] [27] Bruce is a godfather to James Windsor, Earl of Wessex, the only son of the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh. [28]