Sep 12, 2024
Their Majesties, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth at the State Opening of Parliament, 1948 United Kingdom, 1948 Library and Archives, Government of Canada. Archives/Collections and Fonds - Item ID #4312140 [x]
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Their Majesties, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth at the State Opening of Parliament, 1948 United Kingdom, 1948 Library and Archives, Government of Canada. Archives/Collections and Fonds - Item ID #4312140 [x]
Monarchy can easily be "debunked," but watch the faces, mark well the debunkers. These are the men whose taproot in Eden has been cut: whom no rumour of the polyphony, the dance, can reach - men to whom pebbles laid in a row are more beautiful than an arch. Where men are forbidden to honour a king they honour millionaires, athletes or film stars instead: For spiritual nature, like bodily nature, will be served; deny it food and it will gobble poison.
- C.S. Lewis
**HM Queen Elizabeth II at the State Opening of Parliament flanked by the Household Cavalry
The Queen, 95, looked elegant in a pale grey-blue ensemble as she carried out her first public duty since the death of her husband the Duke
Today is the State Opening of Parliament
The State Opening of Parliament is a ceremony that happens at the beginning of each Parliament session. it is attended by the King and Queen and usually with the entire royal family. The Royal Family is shown united as they travel to Parliament House for the State Opening of Parliament. The crowds cheered for the King and Queen as well as the Prince and Princess of the Isle. Fifteen carriages followed the Victorian State Coach with her 35 members of the Royal Family attending the state opening. Also attending are the Queen’s ten ladies and waiting, and most of the nobility. The King will offer his Opening of Parliament Speech in the House of Lord Chamber.
The official opening of the Northern Ireland parliament by King George V and Queen Mary on June 22nd 1921.
Aren't there seven continents, though?
The Prince of Wales accompanies the Queen for the State Opening of Parliament to outline her government’s programme for the next year.
“The Prince of Wales accompanies the Queen for the State Opening of Parliament to outline her government’s programme for the next year The
Duchess of Cornwall, 73, joined Prince Charles, 72, as they accompanied the Queen, 95, for the scaled-back, socially-distanced State Opening