The King will outline the new Labour government’s plans at the state opening of parliament today.
Sir Keir Starmer is promising to “take the brakes off Britain” with a legislative agenda focused on growth and improving living standards.
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The King’s Speech dates back to at least the 15th century. The event gets underway at 9.30am, when the Yeomen of the Guard - a group of ceremonial bodyguards who still wear traditional red and gold uniforms from the Tudor period - search the cellars beneath the Houses of Parliament for explosives.
The tradition is a reminder of the 1605 Gunpowder Plot in which Roman Catholic rebels led by Guy Fawkes tried to kill Protestant King James I by blowing up the building during the state opening of parliament.
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14 окт 2024