Following the 96-year-old monarch's withdrawal due to mobility issues, Prince Charles will read the Queen's Speech for the first time on her behalf.
After the Queen granted special permission, Prince William will accompany his father to inaugurate Parliament.
The Queen's Speech is a ceremonial event that lays out the government's legislative priorities for the next months.
The Queen will deliver the address for the first occasion since 1963.
The Lord Chancellor read it instead because she was pregnant with Prince Edward at the time.
In 1959, while pregnant with Prince Andrew, the monarch likewise declined to deliver the speech.
The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall will accompany Prince William and Prince Charles to their first state opening.On Tuesday, the Queen's main throne in the House of Lords will be empty, but the Imperial State Crown, which is typically worn by the queen for the event, will go to Parliament.
After it was determined on Monday that Prince Charles would take the Queen's place, the monarch authorized a regulation change known as a Letters Patent to delegate the opening of Parliament to him.Counsellors of state are the next four people in the line of succession who are over the age of 21. Prince Charles and Prince William are among them.With Prince Charles filling in for the Queen at the State Opening of Parliament, is this a sign of things to come for important royal events?
It follows a pattern that began last autumn when the Queen began to have mobility issues.
Since then, Charles has played a prominent role in a number of major royal events, including Remembrance Sunday, the Commonwealth Service, and the Maundy Service.
The Queen hasn't missed one in 59 years, indicating the importance of handing it over.
Despite the fact that the Queen has been performing duties from Windsor Castle, Prince Philip's thanksgiving service has been her only public appearance this year outside the royal residences.
In their responsibilities as "counsellors of state," the four senior royals authorized to act on the monarch's behalf, Prince Charles and Prince William are inaugurating Parliament.
The fact that the other two counsellors are no longer working royals, Prince Andrew and Prince Harry, raises the matter once more.
If Prince Charles or Prince William had been unable to attend due to illness or travel, it could have raised some difficult constitutional issues.The decision to withdraw was made after consultation with the Queen's doctors, according to Buckingham Palace, because she continues to have "episodic mobility issues."
"At Her Majesty's request, and with the permission of the competent authorities," the Palace stated in a statement.
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