Sky News
By Alexandra Rogers
November 7, 2023
The King was booed by protesters as he left parliament after outlining Rishi Sunak’s agenda for the year ahead.
Tougher sentences for the country’s most serious offenders and a crackdown on grooming took centre stage in the first King’s Speech in decades.
The monarch struck a personal note when he began his speech – the first by a king in more than 70 years – by acknowledging the “legacy of service and devotion to this country” shown by his “beloved mother, the late Queen”.