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LONDON, United Kingdom – Queen Elizabeth II’s choice of headgear for a speech setting out how the government will implement Brexit raised more than a few eyebrows on Wednesday, June 21, causing some to draw comparisons to the European Union’s flag.
Twitter users posted pictures of the queen’s blue hat decorated with flowers with yellow centers alongside an image of the blue flag of the EU, with the yellow stars representing its member states.
“Clearly the EU still inspires some in the UK,” tweeted Guy Verhofstadt, the European Parliament’s Brexit spokesman, while opposition Labour MP Paul Flynn jokingly referred to it as an “anti-Brexit hat”.
Clearly the EU still inspires some in the UK #QueensSpeech pic.twitter.com/vqTWnxKk1V
— Guy Verhofstadt (@GuyVerhofstadt) June 21, 2017
Hm. pic.twitter.com/Y8CSIHCdMC
— Marie Le Conte (@youngvulgarian) June 21, 2017
Others quipped that the queen might be “trolling” May, pointing out that the 91-year-old British monarch might have been put out by having to attend the delayed formal opening of parliament instead of attending her beloved Royal Ascot horse races.
“Queen trolls Brexiteers,” said one Twitter user, while another wrote: “The award for ‘Best Trolling Using a Hat’ goes to the #QueensSpeech”.
I enjoy that the Queen is wearing the colours of the EU flag. I like to think that this is some subtle act of rebellion #QueensSpeech pic.twitter.com/7YTF6sm12Z
— Charlie Smith (@charliersmith1) June 21, 2017
THE FACT THE QUEEN IS LITERALLY DRESSED AS THE EU FLAG WHEN DISCUSSING BREXIT WILL FOREVER BE MY FAVOURITE MOMENT EVER OF 2017#QueensSpeech pic.twitter.com/cdepH7uLVw
— Effi Mai (@EffiMai) June 21, 2017
The Queen’s anti-Brexit hat is the most radical thing she’s done since that time she dropped from a helicopter into the Olympic Ceremony pic.twitter.com/o4L8Cbnj1b
— Will Black (@WillBlackWriter) June 21, 2017
And now Europe is trying to figure out if the queen was wearing a Europe hat pic.twitter.com/xgzPhcfi2E
— Bradd Jaffy (@BraddJaffy) June 21, 2017
“Is the queen trying to tell us something about Brexit with her hat?” the Daily Telegraph asked.
But others expressed confusion, given the rumors that the queen is in fact in favor of leaving the EU.
The BBC has reported that the queen said at a private lunch before the referendum that Britain should “just get on with” leaving the European Union and that Brexit would not be a “problem”.
“Given the Queen’s compulsory nonpartisan role in the Brexit negotiations, the hat remains riddled with ambiguity,” the Guardian newspaper wrote.
“As to whether today will be known as the day she sidestepped impartiality to make a silent protest with her hat, we’ll probably never know. But we can have fun with some memes”. – Rappler.com
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