Irony Overload As King Had To Tell Hereditary Peers They Will Lose Their Jobs

King Charles reading the King's Speech on Wednesday

King Charles had to tell the hereditary peers of the Lords they will lose their seats in the House today, despite holding a particular inherited position himself.

The monarch had to read out the King’s Speech, which is actually written by the government, at the State Opening of Parliament on Wednesday.

It is one of the many ceremonial roles the constitutional monarch has to take on – the King’s Speech dates back to the 1600s ...