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Most unusually, the regency act of 1937 has been invoked to empower the prince of wales and the duke of cambridge as counsellors of state to represent the queen. the prince of wales will read the queen's speech, written, of course, by the government. good morning, your majesty. how are you? well, as you can see, i can't move. but the queen has had difficulties walking, as has been evident for some months now. she's been seen several times using a stick, this was sandringham in february. but quite what the palace means by its phrase "episodic mobility problems" is unclear. officials will not de...

Good morning, your majesty. how are you? well, as you can see, i can't move. but the queen has had difficulties walking, as has been evident for some months now. she's been seen several times using a stick, this was sandringham in february. but quite what the palace means by its phrase "episodic mobility problems" is unclear. officials will not define what those problems are, other than to say that they are a continuation of the issues she's encountered since last autumn. that there has been a change in her general health is apparent. it began last october, on the evening of the 19th of octobe...

Due to pregnancy, so it is very much a fixed event for her and it will have been a difficult decision to step back. the buckingham palace statement uses a slightly unusual phrase of her having episodic mobility problems, which was the reason why she could not attend today. translating that, i think that some days are better than others. she is 96, she has problems with her back and it was felt it would be too much for her today to attend and deliver that queen's speech. attend and deliver that queen's seech. , . , , , speech. visually this will be quite strikin: , speech. visually this will be...

Parliament. it will have been an incredibly difficult decision for her and her advisers to withdraw from today's ceremony, it is a key date in her calendar, one of her most important constitutional duties and in her 70 years on the throne she has only missed the state opening of parliament twice, that was due to pregnancy. this tells you how important it is to her to attend the ceremony but it was decided late on that the physical challenge of the state opening of parliament, walking through the chamber, taking steps to the throne where she would normally deliver the queen's speech, that would...

Is unable to attend because of what the palace described last night as episodic mobility problems. the queen, of course, has had to cancel quite a few appearances in public in the last few months but, in fairness, as my mother keeps on reminding me, her majesty is 96 you know, and these things are to be expected, which i think is a good dose of common sense. it is interesting, chris, when we talk about the way this state opening is playing out. there we saw the prince of wales, a full royal fanfare, arriving for the state opening of parliament and we are seeing him for the first time in a full...