King’s speech: Starmer clings to his job as Charles joins State Opening of Parliament

King Charles delivered the King’s Speech as part of the State Opening of Parliament as Westminster is rife with rumor over the prime minister’s future.

LONDON — Plotters trying to bring down the British prime minister. The capital rife with rumors. And the king’s bodyguards, dressed in their finery, conducting a torchlight search for explosives in the cellars beneath Parliament.

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Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s defiant bid to face down a rebellion left his future in the balance Wednesday, but that wasn’t going to stop the United Kingdom playing dress-up for the ceremonial State Opening of Parliament.

Enter King Charles III.