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The British will remember that on Tuesday May 10, for the first time in fifty-nine years, Queen Elizabeth, 96, did not deliver the traditional speech from the throne in Parliament in Westminster.
For a
"mobility problem"
, it was his eldest son, Charles, 73, the direct heir to the Crown, who officiated during a ceremony with great pomp, in accordance with tradition.
Accompanied by his wife, Camilla, and his eldest son, William, Charles took an important symbolic step in his ascent to the throne, presenting the legislative program of "
Her Majesty's government".
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The
Daily Mail
understands that the queen agreed
“with regret
” and “
at the last minute”
not to open the new parliamentary session, complying with the advice of her doctor.
The latter would have advised him to preserve his forces in anticipation of the celebrations of his platinum jubilee, at the beginning of next month.
If the queen's declining health forced her to reduce...
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