Mrs May is also engaged in delicate negotiations with the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), a small Protestant party from Northern Ireland that usually plays no role in British-wide politics, but whose 10 MPs are now crucial to the survival of the May government. She declared: "I got us into this mess, and I'm going to get us out of it".
Conservative chief whip Gavin Williamson flew to Belfast on Saturday to begin formal discussions with the DUP after the election resulted in a hung parliament.
"My judgment is that they are fed up to the back teeth with all this".
In negotiations with Mrs May and her team, the DUP delegation will also be acutely aware of the impact that any agreement may have on trade between Northern Ireland and the Republic, which is now thriving.
"We're all hugely proud, fond and respectful of her as a person".
"This government's record in terms of LGBT rights is a very proud one and one which the government is very proud to promote and stand by", he said.
And the chair of the 1922 Committee Graham Brady agreed: "Inevitably, as we don't have a majority for the manifesto we have put forward, there will be some changes". The greater the majority, the easier it is to push through legislation. "That might not be altogether a bad thing".
Meanwhile Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, tipped as a leading candidate to succeed Ms May if she steps down, also backed her on Monday.
"The idea that the United Kingdom led by this prime minister and this government can just blunder into negotiations starting one week today, I just don't think it's a credible proposition", she told reporters in London.
Theresa May, on the other hand, came across as cautious and distant in her carefully choreographed visits to Conservative-friendly businesses and robotic repetition of the fact that only she could deliver "strong and stable" leadership.
The unexpected snap election has already forced the Queen to cancel an Order of the Garter service and to accept a stripped-down State Opening of Parliament. Any further delay could mean her missing some of the races at Royal Ascot next week.
Sky News reported the speech would be delayed a few days - a highly unusual circumstance in a country where the monarch's schedule is determined months in advance.
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The European Union's chief negotiator has said "I can't negotiate with myself", as he warned Britain may be running out of time to reach a Brexit deal. They are expected to make demands on Brexit negotiations and any deal with the DUP.
"She was contrite, genuine but not on her knees", said a veteran backbencher.
With British politics thrust into the deepest turmoil since last June's shock Brexit vote, European Union leaders were left wondering how the divorce talks would open next week.
The return to the Cabinet of Mr Gove - who clashed bitterly with Mrs May over tackling extremism when they were in Government together under David Cameron - will be seen as an attempt to head off any challenge from the Brexiteer wing of the party.
There is a common acceptance across the political spectrum, across the EU institutions and across European capitals that Brexit is now inevitable and a broad sense that it needs to be implemented to remove uncertainty on both sides.
Labour MP Jo Stevens tweeted that a pact with the DUP was "chilling" after it was suggested it might spark a debate on abortion among the Conservative party.
Currently, the Tories and the DUP are considering a "confidence and supply" arrangement which would see the loyalist party back the Government to get its Budget through and on confidence motions.
Mrs May is due to meet DUP leader Arlene Foster today to hammer out a deal to support the minority government.
May earlier reappointed most of her ministers to cabinet but brought a Brexit campaigner and party rival into government to try to unite her Conservatives.
"We are going into these talks with the national interest at heart", said the DUP leader.
Anne-Marie Trevelyan, the Conservative MP for Berwick-upon-Tweed, who has been an outspoken proponent of Brexit, said: "It was very positive to hear her take very firm responsibility for not being able to crystallise some of the seats we'd hoped to win".
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