ANTI-monarchy campaigners have confirmed plans to protest the "pantomime" State Opening of Parliament next week.
It will be the second State Opening in a row that Republic has demonstrated against and the group has pledged to continue to protest all major royal events until the monarchy is abolished.
On Wednesday, July 17, the organisation will be supported by Labour For A Republic as Keir Starmer's government lays out its legislative plans via the King's Speech.
Graham Smith, Republic CEO, said last week's General Election is likely to have brought dozens more republicans into the Commons within Labour, the LibDems, the SNP and the Greens.
He said he wants to show the anti-monarchy movement is not going away.
Smith said: "We're excited to be returning to the State Opening, one of the key events in the royal calendar. We want to send a clear signal that we're not going away - and that this new parliament represents a new opportunity for the movement.
"Last November, hundreds of protesters turned up opposite Parliament to protest against the monarchy and the King's role in our Parliament.
"Our Parliament is opened by a King wearing a crown while sitting in the Lords. It is just weird we continue with this pantomime that celebrates the worst, least democratic aspects of our political system.
"Republic continues to enjoy unprecedented growth and our protests show no sign of stopping or slowing down.
"This is about more than the monarch, it's about the place of the Crown in parliament and the ramshackle state of our constitution.
"This is the parliament that will see changing attitudes to the monarchy reflected in political debate. That work starts on July 17."
The State Opening of Parliament marks the start of a formal parliamentary year with the monarch setting out the Government's agenda for the coming session.
Ahead of the King's Speech there are several traditions which take place which have previously been branded 'absurd' by Republic.
Last year, Scottish anti-monarchy group Our Republic said it is a "play act" that covers up the royal family’s sway over legislation in the UK.
It begins with a procession of the monarch from Buckingham Palace to Westminster.
On arrival at Westminster, the King leads the Royal Procession through the Royal Gallery, packed with 600 guests, to the chamber of the House of Lords.
The House of Lords official known as Black Rod is then sent to summon the Commons. The doors to the Commons chamber are shut her face: A practice dating back to the Civil War, symbolising the Commons' independence from the monarchy.
Black Rod strikes the door three times before it is opened. Members of the House of Commons then follow Black Rod and the Commons Speaker to the Lords chamber, standing at the opposite end to the throne, known as the Bar of the House, to listen to the speech.
Last year, ex-SNP MP Steven Bonnar tore into the "bizarre" traditions and argued for the event to be toned down.
