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Americans baffled by monarch's role in Queen's Speech

13 May 2021

5:22 PM

13 May 2021

5:22 PM

Her Majesty the Queen might have thought any concerns about the State Opening of Parliament were behind her on Tuesday, having completed her 67th Queen’s Speech in typically flawless style. Far from it, judging by the reaction that has greeted the dry nine minute long speech which set out the government’s policies for the new parliamentary session.

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