Articles tagged ‘State Opening of Parliament’

State Opening of Parliament

By Chris | November 4th, 2007 | Add a Comment »

One of Britain’s big annual ceremonial ocassions takes place on Tuesday 6 November, the State Opening of Parliament, when the Queen addresses both Houses of Parliament, the House of Commons and the House of Lords.
The Queen delivers a speech written by the present government setting out the programme of legislation for the coming year’s parliament [...]

 

Upcoming events in London-11.13.06

By Chris | November 13th, 2006 | Add a Comment »

State Opening of Parliament If you want to see some British pageantry and the Queen herself then Wednesday 15 November is the day to be around central London and the route of the procession for the State Opening of Parliament. This is an annual event where the Queen reads a speech to the Houses of [...]