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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Gavin Cordon

DARK SECRETS: Charles to deliver queen s speech as the monarch misses state opening | Vintage Vibes

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The Prince of Wales will read the Queen’s Speech for the first time as the monarch misses the State Opening of Parliament for the first time in almost 60 years.

The Queen, 96, pulled out of the ceremonial occasion – when she reads out the Government’s legislative programme for the forthcoming parliamentary session – as she continued to experience “episodic mobility problems”.

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