Queen Elizabeth

Prince Charles will replace Queen Elizabeth II at the State Opening of Parliament, Buckingham Palace announced Monday evening.

Charles and his wife Duchess Camilla Parker-Bowles were also infected at the time. This year will be the first time she has missed the event since 1963, The New York Times reported. Queen Elizabeth to Miss State Opening of Parliament, Prince Charles to Fill In With Prince William

LONDON — Prince Charles, Britain's longest king-in-waiting, got a moment in the spotlight on Tuesday, filling in for his mother at the state opening of ...

Little noted that the queen has always had these sorts of exchanges. Asked what he was like, the queen said: “Russian,” prompting giggles from the others. “Compromises will be made and these Zoom calls are a part of them,” Little said. Like other Londoners who escaped to the countryside during the pandemic, Elizabeth shifted her home base from Buckingham Palace in London to Windsor Castle, 22 miles west. She’ll also have her weekly chat with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, that one on the phone. Buckingham Palace cited “ mobility problems” as the reason Elizabeth had to miss the ceremonial opening of Parliament for the first time in nearly six decades. “He didn’t speak English,” she continued. The presence of Charles and Prince William at the opening was a striking visual symbol of an ongoing transition of power. And there are questions about how much of her own Platinum Jubilee celebrations she’ll be able to attend next month. He repeatedly said “Her Majesty’s government” not “my government” when reading the speech, which outlines the government’s priorities for the year. Queen Elizabeth II, 96, has scaled back her activities and gradually delegated more duties to Charles and other senior British royals. Charles did not sit on the elaborately carved and gilded Sovereign’s Throne, but instead used the Consort’s Throne, which is similar but an inch shorter.

LONDON — Britain's Conservative government made sweeping promises to cut crime, improve health care and revive the pandemic-scarred economy as it laid out ...

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