Mps And Peers Repeat Parliamentary Oaths To Pledge Allegiance To King Charles Iii King Charles Iii
The first MP to take the revised oath, which refers to the King rather than the Queen, was the Speaker, Lindsay Hoyle, followed by the two longest-serving MPs, Peter Bottomley and Harriet Harman, then Truss and a dozen other senior MPs. , mainly ministers, shadow ministers and party leaders. Other MPs will have the chance to do so when the Commons resumes after the Queen’s funeral. The swearing-in followed a meeting of the privy council on Saturday morning, also attended by Truss and many senior MPs, at which the new King Charles III was proclaimed monarch in a formal ceremony....