Britain's King Charles III on Wednesday presided over the State Opening of Parliament, delivering a speech that laid out the new Labour government's legislative priorities for its coming term after 14 years of Conservative rule.
While delivered by the head of state — symbolic of the country's political structure as a constitutional monarchy — the speech is written by the elected government. In this case, the party of Sir Keir Starmer which came to power following their election win on July 4.