In what was the first King s Speech in Parliament since King George VI addressed MPs and Lords in 1950, Charles paid tribute to his late mother Queen Elizabeth II.
Palace officials said that doctors are concerned for the health of the Queen, who is under medical supervision at Balmoral. Her health has deteriorated since the death of Prince Philip.
Queen Elizabeth II, whose reign took Britain from the age of steam to the era of the smartphone, and who oversaw the largely peaceful breakup of an empire that once spanned the globe, has died. She was 96.