State Opening of Parliament

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ceremonial event parliamentary ceremony

The State Opening of Parliament is a grand annual ceremony in the United Kingdom that marks the formal start of the parliamentary year, featuring the monarch’s speech outlining the government’s legislative agenda.

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Label Occurrences
State Opening of Parliament canonical 45
Speech from the Throne 4
2015 State Opening of Parliament 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ceremonial event ⓘ
parliamentary ceremony ⓘ
associatedWith British constitution ⓘ
Westminster system ⓘ
audience general public ⓘ
members of both Houses of Parliament ⓘ
broadcastOn online streaming ⓘ
radio ⓘ
television ⓘ
ceremonialElement Black Rod summoning the Commons ⓘ
Cap of Maintenance ⓘ
Imperial State Crown ⓘ
State Coach procession ⓘ
Sword of State ⓘ
judges in ceremonial dress ⓘ
peers wearing robes ⓘ
reading of the monarch's speech from the throne ⓘ
search of the cellars ⓘ
slamming of the Commons chamber door ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
features The King’s Speech ⓘ
surface form: King's Speech

State Opening of Parliament self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Queen's Speech

monarch's speech ⓘ
follows prorogation of Parliament ⓘ
frequency annual ⓘ
hasParticipant British monarch ⓘ
House of Commons of the United Kingdom ⓘ
surface form: House of Commons

House of Lords ⓘ
Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom ⓘ
surface form: Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

diplomatic corps ⓘ
judiciary of the United Kingdom ⓘ
members of Parliament ⓘ
military ceremonial units ⓘ
hasType constitutional ceremony ⓘ
state occasion ⓘ
involves delivery of government-written speech ⓘ
outlining forthcoming legislation ⓘ
setting out government priorities ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalEffect formal opening of a new parliamentary session ⓘ
mainVenue House of Lords ⓘ
surface form: House of Lords chamber

Palace of Westminster ⓘ
marks start of the parliamentary year ⓘ
modernFormSince 19th century ⓘ
organizedBy Royal Household of the United Kingdom ⓘ
surface form: Royal Household

UK Parliament authorities ⓘ
performedBy reigning British monarch ⓘ
purpose outline government legislative agenda ⓘ
relatedEvent Prorogation of Parliament in the United Kingdom ⓘ
Trooping the Colour ⓘ
traditionSince 16th century ⓘ

Referenced by (61)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

British monarch → ceremonialEvent → State Opening of Parliament ⓘ
Household Division → notableFor → State Opening of Parliament ⓘ
State Opening of Parliament → features → State Opening of Parliament self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Queen's Speech
Palace of Westminster → hosts → State Opening of Parliament ⓘ
Usher of the Black Rod → associatedWith → State Opening of Parliament ⓘ
Royal Standard of the United Kingdom → usedDuring → State Opening of Parliament ⓘ
Binnenhof → significantEvent → State Opening of Parliament ⓘ
this entity surface form: Speech from the Throne
Horse Guards Parade → eventHosted → State Opening of Parliament ⓘ
this entity surface form: State Opening of Parliament mounted processions (assembly point)
Guards Division (informal for Foot Guards element) → ceremonialRole → State Opening of Parliament ⓘ
subject surface form: Guards Division
Life Guards → ceremonialRole → State Opening of Parliament ⓘ
Grenadier Guards → ceremonialDuty → State Opening of Parliament ⓘ
Scots Guards → ceremonialDuty → State Opening of Parliament ⓘ
Irish Guards → ceremonialDuty → State Opening of Parliament ⓘ
British royal family → ceremonialEvent → State Opening of Parliament ⓘ
Welsh Guards → ceremonialDuty → State Opening of Parliament ⓘ
Imperial State Crown → wornOnOccasion → State Opening of Parliament ⓘ
Cap of Maintenance → usedIn → State Opening of Parliament ⓘ
Sword of State → usedIn → State Opening of Parliament ⓘ
Sword of State → usedOnOccasion → State Opening of Parliament ⓘ
this entity surface form: State Opening of Parliament ceremony
British monarchy → ceremonialFunction → State Opening of Parliament ⓘ
Blues and Royals → ceremonialRole → State Opening of Parliament ⓘ
Hyde Park Barracks, Knightsbridge, London → associatedWith → State Opening of Parliament ⓘ
Prinsjesdag → hasPart → State Opening of Parliament ⓘ
this entity surface form: Speech from the Throne
Prinsjesdag → relatedTo → State Opening of Parliament ⓘ
this entity surface form: Speech from the Throne
Royal Gallery → notableEventType → State Opening of Parliament ⓘ
Queen’s Robing Room → associatedEvent → State Opening of Parliament ⓘ
House of Lords chamber → usedFor → State Opening of Parliament ⓘ
The Household Cavalry → notableDuty → State Opening of Parliament ⓘ
Chief Justice of New Zealand → participatesIn → State Opening of Parliament ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ceremonial opening of the New Zealand Parliament
Lord Chamberlain → oversees → State Opening of Parliament ⓘ
this entity surface form: the State Opening of Parliament (ceremonial aspects)
Household Division of the British Army → responsibleFor → State Opening of Parliament ⓘ
subject surface form: Household Division
Woolsack → associatedWithEvent → State Opening of Parliament ⓘ
Vice-Chamberlain of the Household → hasConnectionWithEvent → State Opening of Parliament ⓘ
Legislative Assembly of British Columbia → ceremonialEvent → State Opening of Parliament ⓘ
this entity surface form: Speech from the Throne
President of Israel → ceremonialDutiesInclude → State Opening of Parliament ⓘ
this entity surface form: opening sessions of the Knesset
Great Officers of State of the United Kingdom → usedIn → State Opening of Parliament ⓘ
Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms → ceremonialUse → State Opening of Parliament ⓘ
Band of the Household Division → performsAt → State Opening of Parliament ⓘ
39th Parliament of the United Kingdom → termStartEvent → State Opening of Parliament ⓘ
this entity surface form: State Opening of Parliament, 2005
crown of Scotland → usedIn → State Opening of Parliament ⓘ
subject surface form: Crown of Scotland
this entity surface form: Scottish Parliament ceremonial openings (historical)
crown of Scotland → usedIn → State Opening of Parliament ⓘ
subject surface form: Crown of Scotland
this entity surface form: State Opening of the Scottish Parliament (modern ceremonial display)
Master of the Horse → usedInEvent → State Opening of Parliament ⓘ
London District → ceremonialDutiesInclude → State Opening of Parliament ⓘ
Black Prince's Ruby → associatedWithEvent → State Opening of Parliament ⓘ
Lord Great Chamberlain → associatedWithEvent → State Opening of Parliament ⓘ
United Kingdom state ceremonies → includesCeremony → State Opening of Parliament ⓘ
United Kingdom state ceremonies → includesCeremony → State Opening of Parliament ⓘ
this entity surface form: Throne Speech at State Opening of Parliament
British Army Cavalry → performsDutyAt → State Opening of Parliament ⓘ
Sovereign’s Throne → usedFor → State Opening of Parliament ⓘ
Prince of Wales’s chair → usedDuring → State Opening of Parliament ⓘ