King Charles will lead a poignant procession behind the coffin of his mother in Edinburgh on Monday afternoon after he spoke of the “weight of history” as he addressed Westminster Hall in his first visit to Parliament as sovereign.
The King said: “As I stand before you today, I cannot help but feel the weight of history which surrounds us and which reminds us of the vital parliamentary traditions to which members of both Houses dedicate yourselves with such personal commitment, for the betterment of us all.”
He quoted William Shakespeare as he described his mother’s legacy.
He told MPs and peers: “As Shakespeare says of the earlier Queen Elizabeth, she was ‘a pattern to all princes living’.”
