Charles delivers the King’s Speech, marking the beginning of new Parliament

The UK parliament formally reopens following the July 4 election. Britain's King Charles III delivered the King's Speech, marking the beginning of a new parliamentary session.

King Charles III read out Labour's first programme for government in a decade and half. Wearing the diamond-studded Imperial State Crown and a long crimson robe, King Charles delivered the proposals from a golden throne in the House of Lords upper chamber during a lavish ceremony.

The speech includes more than 35 bills, including measures to enforce public spending rules and others to prevent a repeat of the utility bill price hikes that triggered the UK's recent cost-of-living crisis.