speech from the throne

British  

noun

1. Also called (esp Brit): King's speech, Queen's speech. (in Britain and the dominions of the Commonwealth) the speech at the opening of each session of Parliament in which the Government outlines its legislative programme. It is read by the sovereign or his or her representative

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speech from the throne

In the other provinces, the lieutenant governor, the king’s representative, reads the speech from the throne, the address that outlines the government’s agenda to open a new session of the legislature.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 6, 2022

Then Gustaf V, King of Sweden, of the Goths and the Wends, began his speech from the throne.

From Time Magazine Archive

But last week, in the Queen's speech from the throne outlining the government's policy for the year ahead, Wilson seemed very much an orthodox socialist.

From Time Magazine Archive

His speech from the throne was therefore the first ever written for His Majesty's utterance by Socialists.*

From Time Magazine Archive

What circumstances have happened in the last few years in the history of the world, that compel an allusion to this neglect in a speech from the throne?

From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 457 Volume 18, New Series, October 2, 1852 by William Chambers