At 1030, King Charles III, accompanied by the Queen Consort, addressed both Houses of Parliament in Westminster Hall. With all the roads shut around the Palace of Westminster, I took the tube to Westminster, arriving at the Commons at 0830, thereby allowing plenty of time to be seated. The Hall was packed and this special event began with the State Trumpeters of the Household Cavalry taking station on the South Window Balcony. That was followed shortly afterwards by the arrival of the King's Body Guard of the Yeoman of the Guard and the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms, who took post on the steps above the King's chair. Then the Lord Speaker's procession entered, followed straight afterwards by our Speaker, the Rt Hon Sir Lindsay Hoyle PC MP. You could have heard a pin drop as the King and Queen Consort entered the Hall by the North Door and took their seats in front of us all. Both Speakers then made touching speeches, before the King replied. His Majesty spoke movingly and he touched us all. Then, for my second time, we sang the National Anthem. It was all over far too quickly and after the King and Queen Consort had left, we all slowly dispersed, all caught up by this momentous occasion. Later, in the evening, I travelled to Leicester Square to join Iain Dale's LBC evening show, where I and Labour's Jonathan Ashworth had been invited to talk about our experiences in recent days. Iain was the perfect host and it was nice to meet him for the first time.