The Speaker of the House of Commons Sir Lindsay Hoyle will deliver the so-called “modest address” to the king, as agreed at an emergency meeting of MPs on Saturday.
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His first appearance and speech as new king in British Parliament will do on Tuesday morning o Charles III.
In a ceremony at Westminster Hall, the impressive 11th-century hall where from Wednesday it will be exposed to popular pilgrimage the body of queen elizabeth, the Speakers of the House of Commons and the House of Lords will express the condolences of the legislature to the new monarch.
The Speaker of the House of Commons Sir Lindsay Hoyle will address the so-called “modest address” to the king, as agreed at an extraordinary meeting of MPs on Saturday.
He will say that “the Queen’s selfless devotion to the service of our great country will always be in our fond and grateful memory.”
He will also convey on behalf of the MPs their allegiance to the new monarch.
Then there will be an objection from Charles.
The king and his wife Camila they will then depart by air for the Edinburgh. In the forecourt of the Palace of Hollyroodhouse, where the body of Queen Elizabeth has been resting since yesterday, Charles will receive the Key to the City.
At 2.35pm local, the 20-minute procession will take the body along the Royal Mike to St Giles’ Cathedral on foot, along with other members of the royal family. After a eulogy, the temple will be opened to the public who will wish to say goodbye to the queen.
This process will take 24 hours before the coffin is flown to London on Tuesday afternoon.
After the doxology the new king will meet with her Scottish Prime Minister Nicola Sturgeon and the Speaker of the Holyrood local parliament, which she will attend later to receive the condolences of Scottish MPs. In the evening, at 7.20 local time, he is expected to stand bystander at his mother’s coffin together with other members of the royal family.
From Wednesday night until the funeral on the 19th, the body will be on public display at Westminster Hall in London.
Instructions issued overnight said citizens wishing to pay their respects to the Queen should be prepared for queues of miles and potentially overnight waits to enter the coffin chamber. There will be strict checks like at airports and no one will be allowed to have anything but a small bag with them, with a strict ban on photos and videos.
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