Today is the first occasion on which The King will open Parliament as Sovereign.
Pictured here, the then Prince of Wales first attended State Opening in 1970, alongside The Princess Royal, accompanying his mother Queen Elizabeth II and his father The former Duke of Edinburgh.
7 November 2023
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Take a look back at previous State Openings of Parliament. 👇
📷 Edward VII travels to Parliament in 1910.
📷 King George V and Queen Mary leave Parliament in 1930.
📷 Queen Elizabeth II, accompanied by the former Duke of Edinburgh, opens Parliament for the first time in her reign in 1952.
📷 The former Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall, accompanied by the then Duke of Cambridge, proceed behind the Imperial State Crown in 2022.
You're offered up as collateral when your family cannot pay the ever-increasing taxes the King has placed on the town. But when your path crosses with the supposed merciless King, he becomes much more than you ever expected.
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pt one (nsfw) - After your family cannot afford to pay a tax, they have the option to offer something up to the King as collateral to buy them more time. They decide to send their oldest daughter: you.
pt two (nsfw) - Trying to figure out how you were supposed to view the King, you end up in another precarious position where he asks you about just that.
pt three (nsfw) - As things progress, marriage is heavy in your future--but with who?
Series based on these posts I made: pt one - pt two - pt three - pt four - pt five - pt six - pt seven
A spokesperson from Buckingham Palace has said King Charles is "so proud of Catherine for her courage in speaking as she did". The King has "remained in the closest contact with his beloved daughter-in-law throughout the past weeks." ❤️
-- Belle
Royal Hannigram AU where Hannibal is a king and his country is at war. He looks at his husband, William, and says:
“Do you know what you are? Are you aware of yourself? You could destroy this whole country. Do you know that?” He looks at him, standing there, doll eyes gazing into his, “Of course you do. Don’t you? You dangerous thing."
"Hey! It is me! Your Favourite Majesty Guy (you know, the Imp!) And I knew you would want to know that it is the Punkin Time again and that is Important and it is even MORE Important as I am the PUNKIN KING. You can really tell cos this is my Important Chair and I haz a Punkin right here."
"So that means the Fun Clothes wearing time, and I can not wait for seeing the Fun Clothes on the Friends! Wearing the Fun Clothes and getting the Treatz! I hereby make a Declare that all of my friendz that wear the Fun Clothes get the Cookies and I am the Keeper of the Cookies so what I say goes and you can tell your peoples that! Yay for me and Yay for Punkin Time!" His IMPerial Majesty, Ruler of ALL the Things, Keeper of the Cookies and Punkin King Supreme, etc, etc, etc....
Silken Windhound. And a dog with no ego issues, oh no....