King Addresses Parliament For First Time As Monarch

Reuters reports:

King Charles called Britain’s parliament the “living and breathing instrument of our democracy” and pledged to follow his late mother Queen Elizabeth’s example in maintaining its independence in an address to both chambers on Monday.

Charles arrived at Westminster Hall in London to a fanfare of trumpets with his wife Camilla, Queen Consort, for the address – part of a series of pageantry-filled ceremonies following the queen’s death on Thursday at her holiday home in Balmoral, Scotland, after 70 years on the throne.

Prime Minister Liz Truss – still in her first week in office – and parliamentarians from the House of Commons and the House of Lords – attended the address in Westminster Hall.

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“I cannot help but feel the weight of history which surrounds us.”

King Charles III addresses U.K. lawmakers in Parliament before traveling to Scotland for a procession of his mother’s coffin in Edinburgh.

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