Queen Elizabeth has urged Britons to seek a common ground to resolve the crisis over the United Kingdom’s departure from the European Union.
With the countdown to March twenty-ninth, the date set in law for Brexit, Britain is in its deepest political crisis in half a century as it grapples with how, or even whether, to exit the European alliance it joined in 1973.
While Queen Elizabeth, aged ninety-two, did not mention Brexit explicitly in a speech to her local Women’s Institute in Norfolk she said every generation faces fresh challenges and opportunities.
As the Head of State, the Queen remains neutral on politics in public and is unable to vote, but her words are carefully watched as a moral bellwether.
Work and Pensions Secretary Amber Rudd, a prominent supporter of the Prime Minister said she is committed to making sure they avoid no-deal, which would have devastating effects on the British economy.
It would be recalled that Prime Minister Mrs Theresa May on Friday echoed the queen’s call for a respectful debate in Britain.
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