‘Not out of it, but above it’: how the Queen will engineer a royal retreat to keep out of a hung parliament

Piece by Nicholas Watt explaining how in Whitehall and Buckingham Palace alike, advisers are working to insulate the Queen from what could be the most complex election for a generation. Quotes Peter Riddell: "The two principles for all those involved in all this are: firstly, the Queen does not get involved – she is recipient of advice but not an active participant; and secondly, there must be continuity of government. You must always have a prime minister, apart from for the quarter of an hour it takes to go down the road to the palace.”