QUEEN’S SPEECH FOR 2018 CANCELLED DUE TO EU TALKS

London, June 18: In a rare move, the UK government announced on Sunday the cancellation of the Queen’s Speech for 2018 to give Parliament more time to push through controversial Brexit laws after Prime Minister Theresa May's election debacle.

The speech, which is prepared by the government and read out by Queen Elizabeth II, marks the official start of parliamentary proceedings and sets the agenda that is to be passed by both Houses during the course of the year.

Leader of the House of Commons Andrea Leadsom said that the next parliamentary session was being doubled in length to two years.