Embed from Getty Images#RoyalFlashback | King George V and Queen Mary’s first State Opening of Parliament in the Chamber of the House of Lords at the Palace of Westminster #OnThisDay 110 years ago: https://t.co/nigNUaOpQy pic.twitter.com/FcIPtX71z9
— The Royal Watcher (@saadsalman719) February 6, 2021
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#RoyalFlashback | King George V and Queen Mary’s first State Opening of Parliament in the Chamber of the House of Lords at the Palace of Westminster #OnThisDay 110 years ago: https://t.co/nigNUaOpQy pic.twitter.com/FcIPtX71z9
— The Royal Watcher (@saadsalman719) February 6, 2021King George V (in the Order of the Garter, Royal Victorian Order, Order of the Thistle, and the Order of the Bath) and Queen Mary (wearing Queen Victoria’s Regal Circlet, the Cullinan Diamonds, Queen Victoria’s Bow Brooches and the Order of the Garter) preside over the State Opening of Parliament in the House of Lords at the Palace of Westminster on this day in 1911, which was the first State Opening of their Reign. The King and Queen were photographed in the Robing Room of the House of Lords.
I have an invitation my grandmother received to attend this but have no idea why. Anyone who could help ??