“Historic moment” in the United Kingdom: Prince Charles gave a traditional speech from the throne to Parliament on Tuesday in place of his mother Elizabeth II, the queen who surrendered to the advice of her doctors.
Bringing a new sign of transition for the British monarchy under the impact of the health problems of nonagenarian sovereignty, Prince Charles arrives in Parliament as the anthem sounds. God save the Queen (God Save the Queen). The 73-year-old heir to the crown, in a decorated uniform, then read, on behalf of the Queen, the speech setting out the government program at the opening of the parliamentary session.
He sat on the throne reserved for the wife, who was symbolically smaller than the monarch. Next to him are his wife Camilla, 74, and his eldest son, Prince William, 39, who are present for the first time, further proof of the generational change that is taking place.
The crown is placed on a pillow.
It is only the third time in his 70-year reign that the 96-year-old head of state has missed this solemn appointment of British democracy. Pregnant, she was absent in 1959 and 1963.
It is also the first time he has been replaced by the Prince of Wales, who he has represented abroad for several years and the area is already rising.
The Queen had long expected to attend before Buckingham Palace announced on Monday night that she had attended reluctantly decided not to participate in the Speech from the Thronebecause of her episodic mobility problems.
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His disappearance raises questions about his participation in the platinum jubilee celebrations in early June, which marked his 70 years of reign.
Last week, the Queen warned that she would not be attending garden parties this summer at Buckingham Palace. Her most recent public appearance was at a memorial service on March 29 for her late husband, Prince Philip, who died at the age of 99 last year.
Boris Johnson vows to ‘help with the cost of living’
At the political level, this speech marks the will for British Prime Minister Boris Johnson to come to life again, days after heavy setbacks in local elections.
Successfully seated in power in July 2019, the Conservative leader has seen his popularity plummet in recent months, despite a purchasing power crisis, criticism of his handling of the pandemic and the “partygate” scandal that resulted to him a fine, first. for a head of government in office.
The speech opened with a commitment to strengthen the economy and help with the cost of living in the face of rising household prices, according to a study published by the Food Foundation, millions of Britons no longer have enough food.
The text includes measures that are likely to appeal to the conservative base, in particular laws aimed at reducing red tape after the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union, which became fully effective last year.
The government also wants to stop it guerrilla techniques groups such as Extinction Rebellion, hated by its base, who demonstrated blocking roads or public transport hurting hardworking people, spending taxpayers millions of public money and putting lives at risk.
To make it easier to deport foreign criminals, the government wants to change the law related to human rights.
If he is able to save his post temporarily in the context of the war in Ukraine, the burgeoning 57-year-old leader will try to reclaim the failed voters in the two years he has left before the next legislative election. His speech will introduce 38 bills.
Labor opposition leader Keir Starmer, who was also criticized for sharing beers and curries with a team from his party last year, added pressure on his shoulders by promising to resign if he received, as prime minister, a fine for violating the rules against COVID.
Source: Radio-Canada
