{O/C} For the first time in 59 years, Britain's Queen Elizabeth II delegated one of her most notable public duties to Prince Charles -- attending the state opening of Parliament.
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This, after the Queen's doctors recommended she not attend the opening due to episodic mobility problems.
The Prince of Wales, clad in the uniform of an admiral of the British fleet and flanked by his wife and his son, presided over the opening and delivered the Queen's Speech laying out the government's legislative programme to assist the penurious.
The Queen's reluctant decision is bound to be deemed evidence of the transition of the throne, although the 96-year-old monarch remains in that position.
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