Prince Charles delivers the Queen's Speech at U.K. parliament opener

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Britain's Conservative government made sweeping promises to cut crime, improve health care and revive the pandemic-scarred economy as it laid out its plans for the next year in a tradition-steeped ceremony in Parliament -- but without Queen Elizabeth II, who was absent for the first time in six decades.

The 96-year-old monarch pulled out of reading the Queen's Speech at the ceremonial State Opening of Parliament because of what Buckingham Palace calls "episodic mobility issues." Her son and heir, Prince Charles, stood in, rattling through a short speech laying out 38 bills the government plans to pass.

Some of the plans are already strongly criticized by opposition parties and civil liberties groups, including a contentious new law to outlaw disruptive protest tactics favored by groups such as Extinction Rebellion. In a video message, he said the government's focus was on "growing the economy to address the cost of living."

The opening of a new session of Parliament comes days after Johnson's Conservatives suffered a drubbing in local elections across the U.K., losing hundreds of city and regional council seats to opposition parties. Johnson has apologized but denies knowingly breaking the rules. He faces the possibility of more fines over other parties, a parliamentary investigation into whether he misled lawmakers about his behavior and a possible no-confidence vote from his own lawmakers.

 

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Looking like a corpse they fished out the river

Not letting go Power and Control is answer to all problems of human race on planet Earth. Let him be King since he waited all his life.. 😉

this is ridiculous. tradition just means old, lazy, refuse to change. continue to like how 'it was'. a modern society can not be ruled by an institution who believes God put them there!

All hail our future king!? Time for Canada to cut ties with the monarchy, and this disgrace!

CGI fake video. He took a drink and was able to keep talking. The fakers couldn’t even fake a good fake. Now this applies

Is Charles identifying as a Queen now? I always figured it was just a matter of time.

Needs more gold braid.

Mommy's off today.

Lots of speculation that the queen is already dead but who knows, you guys lie about everything so.....

Skip Charles and William and go straight to George. He seems more fun.

future commander-in-chief...may be.....

No ONE cares about these people. Time to rid the world of their shackles

He looks crushed

is he awake?

That outfit is absurd. Show some damn modesty you twit!

We need proof of life that the queen is still with us. More than still photos or cgi. The evidence is way against that she is still with us

Is he Harry's father? Or is Harry's father Italian? Or maybe 🤔 a man from India?! What about a black man? The mystery continues...

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