"Pulling down my rare oil painting of the Duke of Kent, valued at £60,000, I felt a swell of pride. “Never mind Queen Elizabeth, I should be crowned queen of my own royal collection!” I laughed to my husband John, 66, a farmer. With 12,000-plus items of memorabilia, I’m the extremely proud owner of the largest collection in the world.
Queen delegates opening of Parliament for first time
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Prince Charles.The ceremony, which includes the reading of the Queen’s Speech laying out the government’s legislative program, is considered an important symbol of the monarch’s constitutional role as head of state.The queen’s decision to delegate her role to Charles is likely to be seen by the public as evidence that a transition is underway, with the 96-year-old monarch remaining on the throne but turning over more responsibilities to Charles.“The heir is teetering on the edge of becoming a de facto prince regent. William will observe what awaits him,” said former BBC royal reporter Peter Hunt.
“With the queen progressively withdrawing from public life, the palace is keen to show the monarchy is safe in the hands of father and son.”WHAT IS THE QUEEN'S SPEECH?The speech lays out the government’s legislative program and is delivered during the formal opening of each session of Parliament. Since each parliamentary session lasts about a year, it is a roughly annual event.The speech is written by the elected government, currently led by Prime Minister Boris Johnson.It is delivered during the state opening of Parliament.
The monarch traditionally arrives in a horse-drawn carriage, sits on the Sovereign’s Throne in the House of Lords and wears the Imperial State CrownBut Charles, 73, sat not on the sovereign’s throne, which had been removed, but on the consort’s throne, which had been used by his father, Prince Philip. In the place where the queen's throne normally is placed, the Imperial State Crown was place on a velvet cushion.Charles delivered the speech in the third person, using “Her Majesty’s Government.”WHY DID ELIZABETH DECIDE TO SKIP THE SPEECH?Buckingham Palace didn’t elaborate on what it called “episodic mobility
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