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

LONDON — Plotters trying to bring down the British prime minister.

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.