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Queen returns to public stage

By AFP
May 12, 2021

LONDON: Queen Elizabeth II outlined her government’s post-pandemic legislative agenda as she opened a new session of the UK parliament on Tuesday, in her first public appearance since the funeral of her late husband Prince Philip. Prime Minister Boris Johnson, buoyant after his Conservative party’s triumph in local and regional elections in England last week, is vowing to deliver on his mantra to "build back better" with a wide-ranging raft of policies.