The King & Queen, The Prince & Princess of Wales, The Princess Royal & Sir Tim Laurence amd The Duke & Duchess of Gloucester attended the Festival of Remembrance at Royal Albert Hall || 11 NOVEMBER 2023
Today is the first occasion on which The King will open Parliament as Sovereign.
Pictured here, the then Prince of Wales first attended State Opening in 1970, alongside The Princess Royal, accompanying his mother Queen Elizabeth II and his father The former Duke of Edinburgh.
7 November 2023
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Take a look back at previous State Openings of Parliament. 👇
📷 Edward VII travels to Parliament in 1910.
📷 King George V and Queen Mary leave Parliament in 1930.
📷 Queen Elizabeth II, accompanied by the former Duke of Edinburgh, opens Parliament for the first time in her reign in 1952.
📷 The former Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall, accompanied by the then Duke of Cambridge, proceed behind the Imperial State Crown in 2022.
Fiction meets reality: “His grandmother had been friendly with the Queen’s aunt.. his father was a RAF pilot who’d flown with Prince Philip.” - Carole Middleton talking about her husband Michael’s father Captain Peter Middleton and grandmother Olive Middleton (neé Lupton) in The Crown.
Princess Anne and Vice Admiral Sir Tim Laurence (A Thousand Years)
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@princessanneftw my mam found this (she loves the song and thought I'd like the video), and I wondered if you'd seen it? It's very sweet, they really are a lovely couple, aren't they!?!