My fellow colleagues, friends, and people. Today, where I stand here now, shall be the last time I will ever deliver a speech as your King. I stand here not to deliver a message of lamentations, of bitterness, or of accusations. I have recently been in the center of much controversy regarding my intervention in parliamentary affairs. It has attracted much scrutiny from some members of the public, including some who stand before here in these chambers. As the holder of the Crown, I was expected to never act in partisan matters, even if it were under the most extreme of circumstances.