ANALYSE – Beyond the health of Elizabeth II, the adaptation of the monarchy to the times remains the great challenge.
Correspondent in London
The image is strong, it seems to materialize the handover between the mother and the son, between the sovereign and the heir. Under the golds of the House of Lords, on May 10, it was Prince Charles who delivered the traditional Speech from the Throne for the first time in place of the Queen. In seventy years of reign, Elizabeth II had only missed this presentation of the government’s program twice, when she was pregnant with Princes Andrew and Edward, respectively in 1959 and 1963. This time, it was “mobility issueswhich made him give up.
As the ceremonial poses, Charles entered the room behind the crown to which he is heir, placed on its purple velvet cushion. Surrounded by his wife, Camilla, and his son William – second in line of succession – he sat on the throne of the consort, once used by his father, Prince Philip. To her right, the space usually reserved for the sovereign…
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