In a ceremony full of tradition, the King will lay out the government's legislative plans for the year ahead.
You need one to watch live TV on any channel or device, and BBC programmes on iPlayer. It’s the law.King Charles III is in Westminster where he will shortly deliver the King's Speech to Parliament
The last King to oversee the State Opening of Parliament - a glittering spectacle in central London - was George VI, in 1950 And the prime minister is trying to pull off the audacious manoeuvre of presenting himself as a clear change from his predecessors, including Conservatives. The Sword of State will be carried in procession, along with the"cap of maintenance" - which is a symbolic velvet and ermine hat, even though it sounds like a limit on welfare payments.The Imperial State Crown is carried in a separate carriage to ParliamentWe've just had the first pictures of one of several carriages leaving Buckingham Palace this morning to Westminster - carrying the King's crown.
Speaking ahead of the speech, he said that the country is"crying out" for change and described the Tories' time in government as"13 years of decline", arguing that"a plan for a decade of national renewal" is needed.
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