Palace demands copy of Boris Johnson's Queen's Speech as trust hits 'rock bottom' – Mirror Online, Mirror

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Buckingham Palace demanded a copy of Boris Johnson’s Queen’s Speech a week early after trust hit “rock bottom”.

The rare request from the Queen’s senior courtiers reportedly sparked a cabinet crisis.

It comes amid growing fears Her Majesty has been dragged into political rows overBrexit.

It is thought the demand was an attempt to stop any last-minute changes to the speech that could possibly embarrass the Queen.

Monday’s address, which comes with the state opening of parliament, will be Elizabeth II’s 65 th Queen’s Speech.

She’s expected to outline 22 bills – chief among which is the Withdrawal Agreement Bill, to be voted on if Mr Johnson secures a Brexit deal with the EU this week.

The palace’s demands for early copy of the speech left government departments in chaos as they rushed to get the wording ready.

One Cabinet source told (The Sun) : “Number 10 is pretty worried they’ve hit rock bottom with the palace so they wanted to get the speech in early.

“That left quite a lot of departments upset and in a flap, as a few things weren’t ready. It’s all been pretty messy and frantic. ”

Buckingham Palace is thought to be furious that the Queen has been dragged into the Brexit mess in recent months.

Mr Johnson asked Her Majesty to shut down parliament for five weeks in August – a move that was slammed by critics as an attempt to suppress debate about the Tories’ Brexit plans.

The Queen granted the government request, but the suspension was later ruled unlawful by the Supreme Court.

The Queen’s Speech is traditionally written on goatskin vellum paper that takes several days to try.