Queen plans to attend state opening of Parliament

The monarch intends to deliver her speech outlining the government's policies next Tuesday.

The Queen has opened Parliament all but two times during her reign - missing the event in 1959 and 1963 when she was pregnant.

The ceremony was not held in 2020 and last year a reduced capacity Covid-secure state opening of Parliament was staged with the Queen present.The Queen was accompanied by her son, the Prince of Wales, at last year's event The first garden party in the Queen's Platinum Jubilee year is set to take place next Wednesday at Buckingham Palace, with others following on 18 and 25 May, as well as on 29 June at the Palace of Holyroodhouse, her official residence in Edinburgh.

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