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- Chris Mason Political editor PA Media The State Opening of Parliament is the most British of occasions - and today it had the most British of ingredients: royals, regalia and rain.
- But it had more than a splash of unconventional ingredients too.
- Well before the King arrived in Parliament, the health secretary, Wes Streeting, was having coffee with the prime minister in Downing Street.
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Chris Mason Political editor PA Media The State Opening of Parliament is the most British of occasions - and today it had the most British of ingredients: royals, regalia and rain.
But it had more than a splash of unconventional ingredients too.
Well before the King arrived in Parliament, the health secretary, Wes Streeting, was having coffee with the prime minister in Downing Street.
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