Queen Elizabeth misses UK parliament opening for first time since 1963
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II attends the ceremonial opening of the sixth Senedd, the Welsh Parliament, in Cardiff, Wales on October 14, 2021. PHOTO/AFP
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Charles delivered the Queen's Speech from the consort's throne, symbolically an inch shorter than the monarch's sovereign throne, and was flanked by his wife and son as he read out the government's agenda.
