Queen’s choice of hat raises smiles at state opening of Parliament

The eight bills related to Brexit in the speech included the Repeal Bill, which has had the word Great removed and whose objective is to convert existing EU law into UK law. Other bills relate to customs, trade, immigration, fisheries, agriculture, nuclear safeguards and international sanctions. Under the immigration bill, the government sets out to end the free movement of EU nationals into the UK but allows them to attract the brightest and best.

Other controversial areas of the Conservative party election manifesto that were omitted from Wednesdays speech included a free vote on fox hunting and a social care act, which became widely known as the dementia tax. The 15-year voting rule for overseas UK voters, which David Cameron promised to scrap in 2010, has not been mentioned by Theresa Mays government.

There were protests in London, despite the heat, under the name, Day of Rage, during which demonstrators demanded justice for the victims of the Grenfell Tower fire, as well as Theresa Mays resignation.