Ma'am👑🏰 does not look amused. I've never seen her look like that in Parliment

[irisblue]

Maybe BoJo goes to the Tower today? 7am Eastern US is Noon London, there is time.

Larry the Cat (@Number10cat) Tweeted:
If looks could kill...
#QueensSpeech #StateOpening https://t.co/lG2l9qgNZr

Link to tweet

[Hortensis]

1. Totally frivolous, but I noticed she wasn't wearing that brutally

heavy crown covered with jewels. Totally understandable at her age. Turns out this is the second time she's passed, and it's sitting on a table in front of her. Of course, I found there was controversy about whether the 93-year-old queen should wear it through London and sitting through the ceremony or not.



"In total there are 2,868 diamonds in silver mounts, 17 sapphires, 11 emeralds and 269 pearls. However it is very, very heavy - so it's hardly surprising that at 93 the Queen has decided it might be time to swap to a lighter alternative. Instead she is wearing the George IV diadem, a smaller and lighter diamond crown."

[irisblue]

3. That is a lot of weight on anyone's neck. 👀

[cwydro]

7. I've seen the Crown Jewels in the Tower of London.

I’m not really a jewelry person, but they’re fantastic to see.

[Hortensis]

14. :) Same here. It may take the crown jewels to

be fascinating, but they are and do. Spectacular, and the histories behind everything...

[cwydro]

16. I know.

Probably not all the history so great, but fascinating nonetheless.

[Hortensis]

19. Yes. I'm about 2/3 through a historic novel set in

the Kenya Colony during the fight for independence. Grim.

[irisblue]

2. And yeah I'm interested, so I will post more from twitter.

1- so this explains why any POTUS gets an invitation from the House of Representatives and the Sargent at Arms announces her/him.
BBC Politics (@BBCPolitics) Tweeted:
Lady Usher of the Black Rod Sarah Clarke, has the door of the Commons slammed in her face as part of the State Opening of Parliament, as a traditional sign of the authority of the Commons
#QueensSpeech latest: https://t.co/KlXjL6ssbz https://t.co/dLQdmeLUBJ

Link to tweet

( plus the Lady Usher looks a badass)




The Royal Family (@RoyalFamily) Tweeted:
This is the 65th occasion on which Her Majesty has opened Parliament - every year of her reign except 1959 & 1963 (whilst pregnant).
📷The Queen, accompanied by The Duke of Edinburgh, is pictured in 1958, the first time in history the #StateOpening was televised. #QueensSpeech https://t.co/5erhtbpiKx

Link to tweet

[Hortensis]

4. :) I'd read about the old door-closed-in-face ceremony long ago, but

now I've gotten to see it. Thanks, Irisblue.

[cwydro]

8. Thanks for posting this.

I so love England.

Born from British parents, christened in a tiny church in Wales. Dual citizenship.

Funny though, my parents who were both born poor, really didn’t care for the monarchy, though mom saw Elizabeth’s coronation.

[MicaelS]

18. I really envy you with DC.

I love England, too.

[cwydro]

20. I'm planning a move across the pond.

Especially if the clown is re-elected.

[MicaelS]

21. I would if I were you. n/t

[dewsgirl]

5. I love that snarky cat.

[irisblue]

10. yeah, Larry does a good twitter.😽

[3Hotdogs]

6. Orrrderrr, orrrderr, would have been wonderful snark.

I miss Prince Phillip. He tickled my funny bone.

-- and I also miss, "the dummy, Princess Margaret."

[irisblue]

9. This is in English dialect, but I get the drift

🏳️‍🌈 Max 🏳️‍🌈 (@SpillerOfTea) Tweeted:
“Right, you shouty cunts, listen up.

One was planning to spend the morning in one’s onesie eating Revels and watching This Morning, but now I have to tit about reading this bollocks that will be rejected in its entirety.

I should fucking behead the lot of you.”
#QueensSpeech https://t.co/ZGa4skdJbC

Link to tweet

[Renew Deal]

15. Is it within her power to order beheadings?

[irisblue]

11. Hey Trump Spawn...

ConservativeAWF (@ConservativeAWF) Tweeted:
Great to hear the Queen say in her speech in Parliament today: “Proposals will also be brought forward to promote and protect the welfare of animals including banning imports from trophy hunting” @BorisJohnson #QueensSpeech #AnimalWelfare https://t.co/vw0L9PsFmN

Link to tweet

[Act_of_Reparation]

12. It's probably just gas.

I don't think a little xenophobia or racism engenders a particularly visceral response in a person whose lofty station was dictated entirely by accident of birth.

[irisblue]

13. My last post on this, gotta go do stuff...

There is quite a bit at the hashtag. #QueensSpeech on twitter.

David Schneider (@davidschneider) Tweeted:
It’s a shame the constitution doesn’t allow the Queen to write her own speech or she’d have simply said “the fucker lied to me”. #QueensSpeech

Link to tweet

[Polybius]

17. ...

Queen Elizabeth says Brexit on 31 October a 'priority', reopens new parliamentary session with first speech since June 2017

https://www.firstpost.com/world/queen-elizabeth-says-brexit-on-31-october-a-priority-reopens-new-parliamentary-session-with-first-speech-since-june-2017-7498421.html