King pays tribute to late-Queen's 'legacy' in speech

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King Charles III has paid tribute to his mother and the late Queen's "legacy of service and devotion" in a speech as he carried out his first State Opening of Parliament as monarch. The King added the impact of Covid-19 and the war in Ukraine have created "siginificant long term challenges for the United Kingdom". Report by Chinnianl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00 (audience applauding)

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00:15 (audience murmuring)

00:18, (coughing)

00:23, (coughing)

00:28 (audience murmuring)

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00:50 (audience murmuring)

01:17 - My Lords and members of the House of Commons,

01:20 it is mindful of a legacy of service

01:25 and devotion to this country set by my beloved mother,

01:29 the late Queen, that I deliver this,

01:32 the first King's speech in over 70 years.

01:36 The impact of COVID and the war in Ukraine

01:40 have created significant long-term challenges

01:44 for the United Kingdom.

01:46 That is why my government's priority

01:49 is to make the difficult but necessary long-term decisions

01:53 to change this country for the better.

01:55 [BLANK_AUDIO]

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