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Welsh Parliament Opens Seventh Term With Charles and Camilla
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- King Charles III and Queen Camilla will open the Welsh Parliament’s seventh term.
- The monarch’s first Senedd visit since 2024 includes meeting First Minister Rhun ap Iorwerth.
- National Poet Hanan Issa’s poem “To Grow” was rejected as “apolitical” without explanation.
- Ceremony includes a Navy Guard of Honour, harpist Mared Pugh Evans and Merched Plastaf Choir.
- Delyth Lewis will be the first woman to bear the Senedd mace at the opening.
