A Somber Queen's Speech Unveils A Brexit-Centric Agenda In The U.K.
The queen ditched the crown and royal robes for the speech, which lays out priorities for the new legislative session. On the agenda: Brexit, Brexit, Brexit — and a few other items, of course.
When Elizabeth II rolled up to the Palace of Westminster on Wednesday, she did so without many of the trappings that typically attend the Queen's Speech. Declining her traditional horse-drawn carriage, keeping the imperial crown beside her rather than atop her head, and swapping the royal robes for a blue dress, the queen pointedly toned down the pomp this year.
The circumstance, however — the speech's role mapping British, and the fallout from a , the Queen's Speech offered a concrete road map of the next two years under diminished Conservative leadership.
