Saturday 24 December 2016

Theresa May’s Brexit plan said to be kept away from Her Majesty, the Queen

Theresa May and Her Majesty the Queen

Based on the various reports circulating concerning Mrs May’s plan for the UK after Brexit, it appears, the PM has decided to keep that sacrosanct.

The latest of such move was when sources said the PM disappointed the Queen for not refusing to make known to Her Majesty her detailed plans concerning Brexit. According to sources from the monarch, Theresa strongly stuck on to her popular message of "Brexit means Brexit", when they spent the weekend together.

According to a palace spokeswoman: "By long-established convention we never disclose details of discussions between the Queen and her prime ministers. Nor would we comment on anonymously sourced conjecture of this kind."

Mrs May has frustrated some MPs by refusing to offer "a running commentary" on Brexit. At an appearance before a Commons committee this week she refused to directly answer a string of questions.

The Queen is said to be a keen observer of the political scene, and previous Prime Ministers have spoken of how they confided in her about difficult decisions.


Her private views are a source of fascination, although a report earlier this year the Queen vented her frustration at Brussels during a private lunch with ministers was slapped down by the Palace.

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