FollowingThe Queen -- in a lavender colored day dress and matching hat rather than the full ceremonial dress and crown -- poignantly sat alone on a Throne in the House of Lords. Her son and Camilla seated a few yards to her left. The Imperial State Crown, signifying the regalia of the Head of State, was placed on a table next to her.
Charles, 72, and Camilla, 73, have escorted the Queen to the formal ceremony before, but Tuesday's event will take on a new significance as it will clearly underline how the senior royals are stepping in to be alongside her at key moments in the wake of the Duke of Edinburgh's death last month.| Credit: CHRIS JACKSON/POOL/AFP via Getty, "Her family will step up and be by her side, but she will carry on.
A close royal insider added, "She will never abdicate because of duty and honor and public service is so deep in her, as it was for him."RELATED: The Real Story Behind the Viral Photo of Queen Elizabeth Giggling Next to Prince Philip in Uniform The State Opening of Parliament is a key moment in the political and constitutional calendar as it sees the Sovereign, as head of state, outline the main legislation that the serving U.K. Government wishes to introduce over the coming months. As she set out the U.K.'s Government's priorities for the coming months in the 10 minute speech, she begun by saying the administration's priority is to deliver a post-COVID recovery.
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