Goatskin Might Delay the Queen's Speech
- Possible postponement could hit monarch’s horse-racing plans
- U.K. prime minister fighting each day for her political life
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The Queen’s Speech -- the presentation of Theresa May’s new government’s program -- may be postponed, and the fallout goes from the sublime to the ridiculous.
The Speech was originally slated for June 19 and moving it will clash with Her Majesty’s annual trip to Royal Ascot, one of the most prestigious horse-racing events in the world and a centerpiece of the British summer. Another complication is that it needs to be written on goatskin paper, which takes a few days to dry.