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Brexit: when Elisabeth II enters the political arena

The Queen will be in Parliament this Monday to deliver her "Speech from the Throne". At the request of Prime Minister Boris Johnson, she will fulfill her constitutional duty and read from the throne in the House of Lords the legislative agenda of her government.

The queen assumes a position of head of state, above the fray, but since the Brexit vote, several politicians, the press and even the British have wanted to drag her into the political arena, which is not not his traditional role.