United Kingdom
A similar event is the speech from the throne upon the state opening of Parliament in Commonwealth Realms is made before a joint sitting of the both Houses. In most cases this event occurs in the Upper Chamber, due to the British constitutional convention that the monarch never enters the Commons chamber. An exception was the Governor-General's Address in the Irish Free State, which was made to the lower house, with Senators invited to attend.
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