- The King's Speech tradition involves Black Rod, a senior Lords officer, being sent to the House of Commons to summon Members of Parliament to the House of Lords to hear the monarch's address.
- A key part of this centuries-old ritual is the slamming of the Commons door in Black Rod's face, symbolising the Commons' independence from the Crown, before permission is granted to enter after three knocks.
- During this year's ceremony, Black Rod Ed Davis was heckled by a backbench MP as he performed the traditional knocking on the Commons chamber door.
- Three backbench MPs identified the heckler as Torcuil Crichton, the Labour MP for Na h-Eileanan an Iar, who reportedly shouted "Not now Andy."
- Following the summons, Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle led the procession of MPs to the Lords, which included prominent figures such as Sir Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch.
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