Conservative MPs have insisted they are backing Theresa May to continue as prime minister and said there will not be a leadership challenge or new general election in the immediate future, enabling the government to push ahead with its plans for Brexit.
The pageantry-filled ceremony, officially the State Opening of Parliament but more commonly known as the Queen's Speech, is an outline of the government's policy proposal read by Queen Elizabeth II.
In a bid to prove that she remains in charge despite failing to win a parliamentary majority in last week's British general election, Prime Minister Theresa May is expected in Paris today for talks with French President Emmanuel Macron.
Seeking to set the tone, David Davis, the cabinet member in charge of European Union exit negotiations, says speculation about her removal is "unbelievably self-indulgent".
It was a surprise move - Mr Gove was sacked as justice minister by Mrs May previous year after his bid to become party leader forced now-foreign minister Boris Johnson from the race, amid accusations of treachery and political backstabbing.
Ms May faced her lawmakers at a meeting of the 1922 Committee on Monday.
May appeared contrite, sought to apologise for her failed election gamble and gave an explanation of what went wrong.
"If others decide that they are not coming back into the devolved administration here in Northern Ireland then those issues will have to be dealt with at Westminster", she said.
The party winning most seats nominates the Fist Minister and the second nominates the deputy First Minister.
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A government relations official at another bank said the financial industry will still make a renewed attempt to lobby the government to secure more access to the single market, a staggered exit from the European Union and more relaxed immigration controls.
DUP leader Arlene Foster is due to meet May on Wednesday in order to thrash out the details of that deal, which will likely entail a series of concessions in exchange for DUP support in the Commons.
"We will use the position we find ourselves in to do as we promised". He also said the government would "walk away" with no deal if talks broke down on ending Britain's four-decade membership of the bloc.
May also admitted that the manifesto promise to make people pay more for their social care had been a mistake and said there would be no weakening of LGBT rights as the Tories attempted to secure an electoral pact on Tuesday with the socially conservative Democratic Unionist party. "Before the election there were several who said a good Brexit deal was the most important thing", they added.
"We can not continue like this", he said, predicting that even a loose alliance between the Conservatives and the Democratic Unionist Party in Northern Ireland can not endure.
"We haven't done enough to reassure public sector workers", said one.
With opinion polls showing the Conservatives had a commanding lead over the opposition Labour Party, May called an early election in hopes of increasing her majority in Parliament and strengthening her position in Brexit negotiations. "The only conclusion I can draw... is that the election has changed absolutely nothing for Brexit".
MPs said that instead of the traditional banging of desks there will be a "banging of heads" amid fury on behalf of colleagues who lost their seats and had their dreams "shattered".
"Trying to make a hung Parliament and a minority government work requires a much more inclusive approach and bringing people into the decision-making process", said Mr Graham Brady, the leader of the Conservative backbenchers, in a clear swipe at Mrs May, who previously paid little heed to their concerns.
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