News|May 13, 2026|1 min read

Watch: What next after the King's Speech?

BBC Chief Political Correspondent Henry Zeffman explains how uncertainty over the prime minister's leadership overshadowed the State Opening of Parliament, as King Charles III unveiled the government's planned new laws while reports emerge of a potential challenge to the prime minister's position.

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Henry Zeffman, the BBC's Chief Political Correspondent, discusses the significant uncertainty surrounding the prime minister's leadership that cast a shadow over a day rich in royal tradition at the State Opening of Parliament.

During the event, King Charles III presented the government's legislative agenda for the coming year.

Shortly after, allies of Wes Streeting communicated to the BBC their expectation that the health secretary may seek to challenge the prime minister's leadership as early as the following day.

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