"Her Majesty's Government's priority is to grow and strengthen the economy and help ease the cost of living for families," Charles said in the speech.
"Her Majesty's Government will level up opportunity in all parts of the country and support more people into work."
The Queen's speech to parliament is traditionally penned by the government and is used to outline the Prime Minister's plans for the country, meaning Charles would have had no actual input in the content of the speech.
The Prime Minister's office was later forced to defend the speech amid criticism that it did not outline any specific measures to alleviate the cost of living crisis in Britain.
"The public understand that we've already acted to address some of the immediate challenges," the Prime Minister's official spokesman told the Sun.
"The Prime Minister and the Chancellor are very upfront that no government could address all of these global pressures that we're seeing.
"The Queen's speech, the bills we're bringing forward, focus on boosting economic growth across the country to create the conditions for more people to have high-wage, high-skilled jobs, so dealing with the medium to long-term issues, that's what is a sustainable solution to ease the burden of families and businesses."
Others online pointed out another odd royal extravagance that was on show during Charles' visit to parliament: the Queen's crown was also in attendance, driven there in its own car to sit on a cushion beside Prince Charles to represent the Queen in her absence.
"If anyone was still under the illusion we were a normal country, we just sent an expensive hat to parliament in its own car so Prince Charles could tell our politicians they can crack on," quipped CNBC reporter Elliott Smith on Twitter.
The Sun reported that the Queen made the tough decision not to attend because of her ongoing difficulties walking.
