They are the person who hands the speech to the Monarch prior to the speech being read. Voltaire
The other two happened when she was peagnant with Andrew and Edward and was advised not to attend by her doctors.
Who delivered the speech in her name in those occasions?
In 1959 and 1963, when she was pregnant, the Lord Chancellor read her speech. The Lord Chancellor, formally the Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, is the highest-ranking among the Great Officers of State in the United Kingdom, nominally outranking the Prime Minister. The Lord Chancellor is appointed by the sovereign on the advice of the Prime Minister.
We look to Scotland for all our ideas of civilisation.593
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