Queen Elizabeth II will not attend the opening of UK Parliament today, due to issues with her mobility. Buckingham Palace has informed that the Queen will not be participating in the state opening of parliament, The Guardian reported. The speech of the British monarch will be read by her son, Prince Charles, in the UK Parliament.
Her son and heir Prince Charles, accompanied by his eldest son Prince William, will step in to replace her for the grand set-piece ceremony, in which the monarch sets out the government’s agenda, the palace said.
“The queen continues to experience episodic mobility problems, and in consultation with her doctors has reluctantly decided that she will not attend the State Opening of Parliament tomorrow,” Buckingham Palace said in a statement.
The palace declined to give details of Elizabeth’s ailment, but a source said her decision to pull out of the opening of parliament, which was only made on Monday, was related to the problems she had suffered last year.
