Fans Cheer for Prince Charles After Delivering Queen Elizabeth II's Speech Despite Being Caught in a "Moment of Nervousness"

When the Prince of Wales gave the Queen's Speech for the first time yesterday, he seemed sincerely affected. The successor to the kingdom was shown in his Royal Navy uniform scrutinizing his mother's crown, which was symbolically placed on a table in place of her throne.

Buckingham Palace said on Monday that the Queen had "reluctantly" decided to skip this year's State Opening of Parliament owing to chronic mobility issues, in an 11th-hour decision.

Prince Charles Mobbed by Crowd

Instead, Queen Elizabeth II sat in Windsor, watching her son perform one of her most important constitutional tasks on television. She had only missed the occasion twice before in her reign, when the speech was read by the then Lord Chancellor in 1959 and 1963, when she was pregnant with Prince Andrew and Prince Edward, respectively.

She took formal action this time, obtaining a Letters Patent, giving Prince Charles and the Duke of Cambridge the authority to conduct the ceremony on her behalf. Many saw their attendance in the House of Lords together as a melancholy symbol of things to come since it signaled a fundamental change in their responsibilities as a future king and Prince of Wales.

The 73-year-old prince sat on the consort's throne, which once belonged to the Duke of Edinburgh and has been used by Prince Charles in recent years. The Queen's missing throne was still in place next to him, with the monarch's Imperial State Crown resting on a velvet cushion in front of him, Daily Mail reported.

The heir to the throne and Prince William gave a feeling of continuity among the pomp and ceremony in the absence of the Queen, and Prince Charles' delivery of the Queen's Speech was a highly symbolic event. The decision has been regarded as a significant shift in the prince's obligations in his position of assisting his 96-year-old mother, given the Queen's advanced years.

Based on the advice of royal doctors, the monarch reluctantly withdrew and delegated her role to the prince and the duke, but watched as Prince Charles sat not on the sovereign's throne, which had been removed, but on the consort's throne, which had previously been occupied by his father, the Duke of Edinburgh, and which Charles has used in recent years.

A place remained next to him, under the magnificent canopy, where the Queen's missing throne is typically found, with the monarch's Imperial State Crown in front on a velvet cushion, according to Express.

Prince Charles' Speech is Still Queen Elizabeth's

Prince Charles came in a Rolls-Royce, adorned with medals and gold-braided royal regalia, and proceeded through the Sovereign's Entrance. He did not, however, take a seat on the ornately carved and gilded Sovereign's Throne. He utilized the Consort's Throne instead, which is similar but an inch shorter.

When Charles gave the speech, which was drafted by the government and outlined the government's aims for the year, the term my government had to be replaced with Her Majesty's government, which had to be repeated again and over.

The appearance of Prince Charles and his eldest son, Prince William, in the House of Lords was a remarkable visual event in a power transfer that is still taking place. Queen Elizabeth II, who is 96 years old, has reduced her public appearances and steadily ceded more responsibilities to Charles and other senior royals.

The queen, on the other hand, does not appear to be willing to stand aside. The exceptional powers she granted Charles to allow him to open Parliament were temporary, not permanent.

According to royal writer Robert Lacey, the queen, Prince Charles, and Prince William work closely together. However, Lacey highlighted that Elizabeth is still in charge and that this isn't a regency - a name that brings up ideas of the incapacitated King George III in Britain, as per Washington Post.