State Opening of Parliament
The monarch will "reluctantly" not attend the ceremony amid health concerns, Buckingham Palace confirms.
Parliament is proroguing Thursday afternoon when MPs will return to their constituencies.
From hostages to Black Rod, here's what to expect from the ceremonial opening of parliament.
From the tradition of the Black Rod to what happens if parliament votes down the speech, this is all you need to know about today's announcement.
We should not punish a young political activist, just because they had the bad manners to speak this message out loud
He was one of Britain's first three black MPs.
Perhaps 'attempts at jokes' would be more accurate.
She later apologised for any offence caused...to dinosaurs.
And 7 other downright bizarre things that happened.
Labour leader's allies said it was the PM who got it wrong.