Eight new pieces of legislation to smooth the UK's exit from the European Union have been included in the Queen's speech, a legislative to-do list which the government writes for the monarch to read at the State Opening of Parliament.
However the speech was perhaps notable for what was not included, coming as it does on the back of a snap general election which saw Prime Minister Theresa May lose her majority in the House of Commons. Catherine Drew reports from London.
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This year's queens speech and the state opening of parliament lacked some of the usual pomp and ceremony. The queen arrived by car, not carriage and she was not wearing the crown or royal robes.
However one thing stayed the same…. a pithy heckle from labour veteran MP Dennis skinner who reminded the house that the Queen was due to attend the racing as Ascot later int he day.
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Back to serious business and the Queen announced 27 bills in a speech written by the government of Prime Minister Theresa May. Of the 27 bills, 8 relate to Brexit which are due to dominate the two year legislative session.
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The Conservative's surprise loss of their majority in the snap general election prompted the minority conservative government to drop some key proposals like to so called dementia tax, more grammar schools and pension reform.
Labour's Jeremy Corbyn mocked the Conservative minority government for dropping many of their key election pledges and urged Prime Minister Theresa May to assure people that the government would not pursue various spending cuts.
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Mr Corbyn also asked the government to be more humble and cooperative towards the UK's european neighbors as the Brexit negotiations get underway.
For her part Theresa May used her opening speech in the new parliamentary session to apologize for the poor response of both local and national government following the Grenfell tower fire tragedy, the apartment block fire in west london which has left at least 79 people dead. She also defended the new legislative agenda.
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The queens speech comes as the minority conservative government continue talks with Northern Ireland's Democratic Unionist party, to strike a deal for a so called confidence and supply arrangement, to ensure the passage of the proposed legislation. Political Analyst Paul Osbourne says challenges remain ahead for Theresa May.
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MP's will vote on the various legislative proposals in the coming weeks.
Catherine Drew, sign off, London