Queen Elizabeth Speech Live
|Queen Elizabeth will conduct later today the State Opening of Parliament, and it will comprise the government plans for the next two years instead of the usual plans for the year ahead. The speech is due at 1030GMT.
According to prior surveys, the speech should be mainly focused on the Brexit negotiations – which have started on Monday - while domestic politics are likely not to be taken into account this time. It is worth noting that UK’s PM Theresa May has yet to clinch a deal with the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP).
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