Queen Elizabeth Just Fulfilled Her Most Important Constitutional Role — and Why 'Kissing of Hands' Is Part of It
Queen Elizabethfulfilled her most important constitutional role on Friday: appointing a new Prime Minister. Conservative party leader Boris Johnson traveled to Buckingham Palace just before 11 a.m. for a private audience with the Queen, having secured an 80-seat majority in Thursday’s British general election — his party’s largest since 1987. Johnson is the 14th British Prime Minister to have made the short journey across London, following in the footsteps of Tony Blair, Margaret Thatcher and the Queen’s first Prime Minister, Sir Winston Churchill....