UK PM denies lying to Queen over Parliament suspension

London, September 12

UK’s embattled Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday denied that he lied to Queen Elizabeth II when he sought the suspension of Parliament last month, even as Opposition parties intensified their demand for its recall.

The power to prorogue the UK Parliament lies with the British monarch, who conventionally acts on the advice of the Prime Minister.

Johnson was confronted by the question about misleading the Queen, a day after the Scottish HC ruled that his move to seek a prorogation of Parliament from the monarch was “unlawful”. — PTI