State Opening of Parliament
File photo dated 18/5/2016 of Queen Elizabeth II with the Duke of Edinburgh after she delivered the Queen's Speech during the State Opening of Parliament, in the House of Lords at the Palace of Westminster in London. The King will open parliament for the first time as monarch with a return to the full pomp and ceremony of the occasion, as the Queen re-wears her coronation dress. Issue date: Tuesday November 7, 2023.