Conservative sources said talks with the DUP were "ongoing" after the Northern Irish party warned its support can not be "taken for granted".
The newspaper reports that High Court judges might be asked to access whether a "confidence and supply" arrangement between the Conservatives and the DUP would be a breach of the United Kingdom government's requirement to exercise "rigorous impartiality" in regards to Northern Ireland, as outlined in the Good Friday Agreement (1998).
Signaling the importance of Brexit negotiations with the European Union, set to continue until the spring of 2019, the speech set out the government's program for two years, rather than one.
Donald Trump's controversial state visit to Britain appears to have been put on the backburner, as it was left out of the Queen's Speech setting out the Government's programme for the next two years.
Theresa May's Conservatives could be hit with a legal challenge over a proposed deal to govern with Northern Ireland's DUP, according to reports.
Theresa May has promised to work with "humility and resolve" as she prepares to set out her legislative programme for the next two years in a Queen's Speech expected to be dominated by Brexit.
David Cameron's spin doctor Craig Oliver said: "Even with a DUP deal, small groups of Tory MPs can derail this Government".
This would be well short of a formal coalition. "DUP can't be taken for granted".
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Warmbier, 22, a University of Virginia student, died Monday in Cincinnati, less than a week after his release from North Korea . China's state-run media, however, warned that the U.S.'s expectations may be unrealistic and could lead the region to war.
A DUP source warned that talks with Tories "haven't proceeded in a way that the DUP would have expected" and a deal was "certainly not imminent".
The government ploughed on today with the Queen's Speech, the set piece in which it unveils its agenda for the parliament, without a final agreement on a deal.
A spokesperson for Buckingham Palace told Good Housekeeping that the more laid-back approach to the Queen's Speech was announced in April shortly after the snap election was called.
Then low and behold our "elected" Prime Minister jumps in like a schoolboy and declares it's his "first time in 10 Downing Street and it's rather a thrill".
Hammond, who was nearly certainly due to be replaced at the Treasury, has been emboldened by the election result.
"While this will be a government that consults and listens, we are clear that we are going to see Brexit through, working with parliament, business, the devolved administrations and others to ensure a smooth and orderly withdrawal", May said.
The opening of parliament is taking place a few weeks later than usual, because of the general election.
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