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Queen's speech

British

noun

(in Britain and the Commonwealth when the sovereign is female) another name for speech from the throne

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"I remember the Queen's speech that Christmas - on the piano, there were only a few photographs, and the sense was that there had been a shift," she said.

From BBC • Sep. 9, 2024

“At Her Majesty’s request, and with the agreement of the relevant authorities, The Prince of Wales will read The Queen’s speech on Her Majesty’s behalf,” the palace said.

From Washington Post • May 9, 2022

"At Her Majesty's request, and with the agreement of the relevant authorities, The Prince of Wales will read The Queen's speech on Her Majesty's behalf, with The Duke of Cambridge also in attendance."

From Reuters • May 9, 2022

Things you would think were posh – the Queen’s speech – were not posh, and my aunt had to sneak off and watch it on her own.

From The Guardian • Dec. 19, 2019

In the House of Lords, the debate on the address in reply to the Queen's speech was not very remarkable.

From The History of the Great Irish Famine of 1847 (3rd ed.) (1902) With Notices of Earlier Irish Famines by O'Rourke, John

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