As the Queen celebrates becoming Britain’s longest-serving monarch today, David Cameron led tributes for Her Majesty this morning in the Commons ahead of PMQs.
While the Prime Minister praised her ‘unerring grace, dignity and decency’, Sir Gerald Howarth tried a different tack; showing his appreciation for her with an anecdote about his wife not wishing to attend a local donkey derby:
‘When I consult Lady Howarth and ask whether we should go to the donkey derby, and she says, “But we went there last year,” I say, “And Her Majesty does all sorts of things every single year.” Her Majesty has done a fantastic service to this nation.’
The leaders of the DUP and Lib Dems both managed to deliver kind words, as did Labour, thanks to Harriet Harman taking to the stand, rather than republican Jeremy Corbyn.
However, it was the SNP’s Angus Robertson who was presented with the toughest challenge, given that his party has never been known for its love of the monarchy.
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