The 93-year-old monarch wore a diamond diadem while the crown rested on a table beside her.
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MPs debated Queen's Speech
Crime and health take centre stage in Boris Johnson's new programme - but Jeremy Corbyn calls it "fool's gold".
FM urged to intervene over mesh surgeon trip cancellation
Nicola Sturgeon is urged to intervene after a world leading surgeon cancelled his visit to Scotland to help remove mesh implants.
Senedd and Elections (Wales) Bill passes Stage 2
AMs vote for the assembly to be called Senedd Cymru and Welsh Parliament bilingually, and for lowering the voting age to 16.
What was in the Queen's Speech?
The lowdown on the 26 bills being proposed by Boris Johnson's government.
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MPs debated Queen's Speech
Crime and health take centre stage in Boris Johnson's new programme - but Jeremy Corbyn calls it "fool's gold".
FM urged to intervene over mesh surgeon trip cancellation
Nicola Sturgeon is urged to intervene after a world leading surgeon cancelled his visit to Scotland to help remove mesh implants.
Senedd and Elections (Wales) Bill passes Stage 2
AMs vote for the assembly to be called Senedd Cymru and Welsh Parliament bilingually, and for lowering the voting age to 16.
What was in the Queen's Speech?
The lowdown on the 26 bills being proposed by Boris Johnson's government.
FM urged to intervene over mesh surgeon trip cancellation
Nicola Sturgeon is urged to intervene after a world leading surgeon cancelled his visit to Scotland to help remove mesh implants.
Senedd and Elections (Wales) Bill passes Stage 2
AMs vote for the assembly to be called Senedd Cymru and Welsh Parliament bilingually, and for lowering the voting age to 16.
What was in the Queen's Speech?
The lowdown on the 26 bills being proposed by Boris Johnson's government.
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The BBC's Helen Catt explains the policies, the reaction, and what happens next.
A look at the fanfare and formality behind this year's State Opening of Parliament.
Crime and health take centre stage, but opposition parties dismiss the programme as "election manifesto".
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Negotiating teams meet again after all sides warn there is still a lot of work to do to find agreement.
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Laurence Sleator
BBC Political Research Unit
The lowdown on the 26 bills being proposed by Boris Johnson's government.
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Peers dressed in their finery, alongside MPs and guests, listen as the Queen sets out plans for Brexit and beyond.
Read moreThe Queen says the government's priority "has always been to secure the United Kingdom's departure from the European Union on the 31 October".
New pension laws planned
The Queen has set out plans to introduce new laws to protect savers.
Opening Parliament, she said the Government would introduce a bill that would target simpler oversight of pension plans.
The new laws would provide greater powers to prevent irresponsible management of private pension schemes, she said.
There are loads of strange rules and traditions in the UK dating back hundreds of years that still stand today. De'Graft checks out the old British traditions that are still followed in 2019
