UK Foreign Secretary Johnson says Trump's visit to Britain will go ahead

Also absent were key pledges the Conservatives had given in their manifesto for the recent election which analysts said had bombed with the electorate - such as reform of social care for the elderly and more shake-ups in schools.

There were eight proposed bills relating to Brexit in the speech announced by the Queen, but Francke said they were all too vague and lacked the finer details that British business needs.

The queen said: "My government's priority is to secure the best possible deal as the country leaves the European Union".

May's authority is badly damaged as Britain begins negotiations on leaving the EU.

The Queen sits alongside Prince Charles as she delivers the Queen's Speech.

Delivered on the day of the ceremonial opening of Parliament, the speech is the centerpiece of a great state occasion, normally replete with crowns, tiaras, ermine robes and soldiers on horseback. Minority governments are a rare occurrence in British parliamentary politics where the electoral system usually produces a governing majority.

The new year started Wednesday for the U.K. Parliament as Queen Elizabeth II gave her annual address. It was not mentioned in the speech because no date had been set, May's office said.

US President #Donald Trump's state visit to the United Kingdom, which was scheduled at some point this year has already been deferred by the President once but it now seems that the visit might have been canceled altogether. For instance, the Queen will arrive at Parliament in a vehicle, rather than a horse-drawn carriage, and she will deliver the speech in everyday dress, instead of the traditional royal robes.

Buckingham Palace said it was a "precautionary measure" for treatment of an infection arising from a pre-existing condition.

Jeremy Corbyn called it a "threadbare legislative programme from a Government that has lost its majority and apparently run out of ideas altogether".

Nevertheless, with the Conservatives now requiring the support of the controversial Democratic Unionist Party in Northern Ireland to achieve a slim majority in Parliament, and with no confidence and supply deal yet determined, none of the above is assured. But for two years? "As this work goes on we will be maintaining our core asks of government to ensure British farming has the right legislative framework in place to support a productive, profitable and progressive food and farming sector". "Firms will expect all politicians to put pragmatism before politics, starting with Brexit". "We are a government in waiting", he said during hours of heated debate in which May fended off calls to resign.

Bills on trade and customs will be introduced - Brexit means Britain will try to strike new deals with the European Union but also with other nations that it was unable to negotiate with while a an European Union member.

Conservative sources said talks with the DUP were "ongoing" after the Northern Irish party warned its support can not be "taken for granted".