Talk:State Opening of Parliament

message: Just thought I'd mention that Queen's Speech is by far more common in everyday parlance than Speech from the Throne. Loganberry 12:08, 9 Dec 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Is there such a thing as a State Closing of Parliament, does anyone know? Gryffindor 13:42, 11 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: No there isn't, but there is the Dissolution of parliament. BTW, would it be worth noting in the article that The Queen didn't open Parliament in 1959 and 1963 as she was pregnant with Prince Andrew and Prince Edward, respectively? Craigy  (talk) 20:52, 1 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: There is a closing - it is called "prorogation."  Happened to catch one on TV (British Columbia's provincial legislature, based on Westminster).  It was very informal, and the Lieutenant-Governor said, on leaving, something like, "tomorrow's speech should be a bit longer." Here's a link to that day's Hansard (scroll to the bottom for the Prorogation Address http://www.leg.bc.ca/hansard/38th2nd/H70213a.htm  Jacques A55 17:29, 30 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Old discussions

message: Taken from Lord Speaker...
"The Lord Speaker will assume most of the duties that the Lord Chancellor used to have in relation to his Parliamentary role, including ceremonial duties such as the State Opening of Parliament."
Now that there has been a State Opening of Parliament since the first Lord Speaker was elected, what role did she play at the event? I'm pretty sure the Lord Chancellor handed the Queen the Speach. I didn't really see the Lord Speaker at all. David 21:35, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: The Lord Speaker didn't do very much at all. I saw her process through the royal gallery to meet the Queen, and she was in the procession to the House of Lords, but the Lord Chancellor did the rest. --Ibagli (Talk) 02:11, 21 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lord Speaker's role 

message: "The current Sovereign, Queen Elizabeth II, has opened every session of the Westminster Parliament since her accession except in 1959 and 1963." - So what happened in these years? How did Parliament open? Rednaxela 21:45, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Royal Commissioners probably. David 23:20, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Lord Commissioners, exercising a Royal Commission - just like at prorogation. Tc1415 08:49, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Who would now open Parliament in her absents? I assume Prince Charles. Should this possibility be mentioned in the article, or is that 'crystal balling' a little. GoodDay 21:38, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Absent Sovereign? 

message: This year, Jack Straw delivered the speech as the first non-peer Lord Chancellor, breaking the rule that MPs are not allowed beyond the bar when the Lords is in session.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.167.155.139 (talk) 15:23, 8 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: He is Lord Chancellor though and did his duties at the State Opening very well (even walking backwards - well done sir), so he was following, not breaking the rules! David 00:04, 15 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  MPs waiting behind the bar 

message: This article needs to be redone, to show the UK monarchs can be female or male. For example, we should replace Queen, Her Majesty's government etc, with Monarch, His/Her Majesty's government etc. GoodDay (talk) 19:07, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Not just Queen 

message: Is a list of the dates of these events available online anywhere? I'm particularly interested in looking up some of the 19th century openings. Drutt (talk) 22:00, 22 May 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: There is a list of recent State Openings (since 1986) in Appendix B of this factsheet, but I cannot find anything else close to what you are asking for. However, it is possible to find the dates of individual State Openings in Hansard from the nineteenth century onwards, starting with that of 22 November 1803, and you can also find the speeches themselves there. Waltham, The Duke of 18:56, 23 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: List of openings

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: The House of Lords Flickr account has published twenty photographs of today's event under CC-BY-2.0 and I have transferred them to the Commons (OUR commons, I mean). Robin S. Taylor (talk) 15:51, 10 May 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  2022 Photographs 

message: It should be pointed out, that the monarch doesn't wear the imperial state crown, if an opening of Parliament occurs before the monarch's coronation. Rather, the crown (on a cushion) proceeds the monarch. GoodDay (talk) 08:35, 22 September 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: @GoodDay, any source? Meridiana solare (talk) 15:11, 22 September 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: I believe it's source at the Imperial State Crown page. GoodDay (talk) 15:14, 22 September 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: It's unsourced even there. Meridiana solare (talk) 16:49, 22 September 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Edward VIII didn't wear the crown, when he opened parliament in 1936, fwiw. GoodDay (talk) 17:40, 22 September 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  If an opening of Parliament occurs 'before' a monarch's coronation