 Complete the following phrase:  At the request of the Speaker of the Riksdag, the monarch opens the annual session of the Riksdag  in the chamber of the Riksdag building. The king or queen regt also receives Letters of Credence of foreign ambassadors sent to Sweden and signs those of Swedish ambassadors sent abroad. The monarch also chairs the Cabinet Council  in a session that establishes the new government following a general election or major cabinet reshuffle and also chairs information councils  approximately four times a year to get information from the assembled Government, apart from that given by ministers in individual audiences or through other means. Formally, it is the explicit responsibility of the prime minister to keep the monarch informed on the affairs of the realm; the failure to do so following the 