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Boris Johnson’s ‘blueprint for the future of Britain’: Queen opens parliament
There were no formal robes, no ermine – the Queen dressed down for her second opening of Parliament in just over two months.
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Queen’s Speech: programme for government or election manifesto launch?
All the pomp and pageantry you’d expect was rolled out this morning for the Queen’s Speech, intended to set out the government’s plans for the coming session. But what coming session? The government doesn’t have a majority, is desperate for a general election and thinks parliament is dead. The speech itself might well be voted…
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Amber Rudd: ‘Up to PM’ if he apologises to Queen
Amber Rudd resigned from Boris Johnson’s cabinet shortly after he announced his now unlawful prorogation, although that wasn’t her stated reason for resigning.
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Johnson denies lying to the Queen
Boris Johnson denies lying to the Queen after a Scottish Court ruled that he had not given his true reasons for suspending parliament.
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‘It would be open to the Queen to sack Boris Johnson’ – Hannah White from Institute for Government
I spoke to Hannah White, deputy director at the Institute for Government.
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Boris Johnson asks Queen to suspend Parliament
A new government has announced a Queen’s Speech to unveil its legislative programme. Nothing odd there, No 10 says. Oh yes there is. It means Parliament doesn’t sit when opposition MPs desperately need sitting days to mount their attempt to stop a No Deal Brexit. A conventional pause before a new Queen’s Speech is being used…
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Olivia Colman among those named in Queen’s diverse birthday honours list
The Queen has celebrated her official birthday with her most diverse honours list to date – with campaigners and charity workers joining the more traditional array of musicians and actors.
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Christmas Day messages from the Queen and the Pope
The Queen has cracked a joke about being a grandmother in her Christmas Day message, saying events like weddings and births have kept her “well occupied” this year. In HIS Christmas message, the Pope called on people to carefully consider greed and desire and the effects these have on society.
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‘Dancing Queen’ May says austerity is over – with a ‘good’ Brexit deal
Theresa May danced on to the stage at the Conservative Party conference to announce that the end of austerity is in sight. She said support for public services would go up next year – but she didn’t explain where the money would come from, and said it depended on a good Brexit deal.
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Queen’s Honours: criticism of CBE given to head of Network Rail
Actress Emma Thompson, author Kazuo Ishiguro and former Liverpool football manager Kenny Dalglish have all been recognised in the Queen’s birthday honours list. They’re among more than a thousand people honoured, the vast majority for work in their community. But despite the fact that those decisions were made months ago, there’s been fierce criticism of…
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Aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth has leak
Just two weeks ago, the brand new HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier was handed over to the Royal Navy. It’s the biggest ship the navy has ever had and has a flight deck the size of three football pitches. For £3.1 billion, you might it expect it not to leak. But it turns out it…
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Multi-billion-pound Royal Navy vessel launched by the Queen
The Queen was in Portsmouth today for an official ceremony marking the hand over to the Royal Navy of the most expensive vessel in its history.
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Prince Charles takes Queen’s place at Remembrance Sunday event
Remembrance Sunday has been commemorated by a two minute silence at hundreds events around the UK. For the first time the Queen did not lay a wreath at the Cenotaph – instead watching from the balcony of the Foreign Office as Prince Charles took her place.
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King and Queen of Spain visit Barcelona victims in hospital
The King and Queen of Spain have been visiting victims of the van attack in Barcelona who are recovering in hospital – as emergency services identify more of the fourteen people who were killed here – and in the nearby town of Cambrils. The scene of the attack in Las Ramblas is now a sea…
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HMS Queen Elizabeth arrives at Portsmouth base
At a cost of £3bn, and weighing in at 65,000 tonnes, the UK’s newest and biggest ship has been welcomed into its Portsmouth base. Theresa May hailed the HMS Queen Elizabeth as a clear signal that Britain would remain a “fully engaged global power”. But critics have raised doubts, including the cost.