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Queen's Speech 2016 In Funny Tweets

Everything from the state opening of parliament summed up in nine tweets.
Ryan Barrell
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Writer, The Huffington Post UK

Her Majesty The Queen delivered her annual speech outlining the government's plan for the year ahead at Wednesday's state opening of parliament, but things were all a bit tame - unless you were watching on Twitter.

The BBC was pulling no punches in summarising Her Majesty's statements

#QueensSpeech pic.twitter.com/MNmOo4Nt6I

— TechnicallyRon (@TechnicallyRon) May 18, 2016

Theresa May had a unicorn horn up her nose

'could someone help me, I appear to have a unicorn horn stuck up my nose' #QueensSpeech pic.twitter.com/1ifKobI73M

— General Boles (@GeneralBoles) May 18, 2016

The Queen spent 10 minutes in the "robing room" before stepping into the Chamber

When yo outfit on fleek but you gotta open parliament before you hit the club pic.twitter.com/tgPTzhZvLZ

— Ryan Barrell (@RyanBarrell) May 18, 2016

Tim Farron looked on with sadness in his eyes

Tim Farron painfully watches Cameron and Corbyn from behind #QueensSpeechhttps://t.co/G0tqbHZ3in pic.twitter.com/IwConH6tzq

— Tahira Mirza (@tahiramirza1) May 18, 2016

Jeremy Corbyn had absolutely no time for David Cameron's attempts at being friendly

When your mortal enemy tries to crack a joke in front of the cameras but you're having none of it. pic.twitter.com/VdsrM25bJH

— Jim Waterson (@jimwaterson) May 18, 2016

Nobody could quite take seriously the call for Britain to "live within its means" from a woman on a gold chair

"Living within our means." Anyway, looking to buy a new hat later. Was thinking something like this? #QueensSpeech pic.twitter.com/bFumZ0Y0sK

— Joseph Wynne (@mrjosephwynne) May 18, 2016

Some people misunderstood the hashtag

Really enjoying the Queen's Peach right now #QueensSpeech pic.twitter.com/lDagPVMVKL

— BBC Three (@bbcthree) May 18, 2016

A lot of people were left disappointed how The Queen ended things

Slightly disappointing that the Queen didn't go for an Obama-style mic drop at the end.

— Jason (@NickMotown) May 18, 2016

But it soon became clear why she wanted to wrap things up quickly

The Queen now leaves Parliament and returns to Buckingham Palace, just in time for Bargain Hunt. #QueensSpeech

— Carl Maxim (@carlmaxim) May 18, 2016

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