BREAKING: The Queen approves request by PM Johnson to suspend UK Parliament ahead of Brexit.
LONDON — The British government was accused of bringing the country to the brink of a constitutional crisis Wednesday as Prime Minister Boris Johnson asked the queen to temporarily suspend Parliament.
The queen approved the prime minister's request during a meeting Wednesday at Balmoral Castle, the royal family's residence in Scotland. This was confirmed in a statement from the Privy Council, a group of royal advisers that includes government ministers. Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson speaks during a news conference at the end of the G7 summit in Biarritz, France, Aug. 26, 2019.The speaker of the House of Commons, John Bercow, who was elected as a Conservative before taking up the impartial role, said such a move would be a"constitutional outrage."
On the opposition benches, Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn said in a statement that he was"appalled at the recklessness" of the move."This is an outrage and a threat to our democracy," he added."a coup, plain and simple, against our parliamentary democracy." He warned it would"drag the monarch into an unprecedented constitutional crisis.
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