The nine-minute speech the queen delivered Wednesday reflected Prime Minister Theresa May's weakened position - a loss of stature that has emboldened those within her own party who want a "softer" Brexit that makes a less-sharp break with the EU.
Also, The Queen will not be wearing her robes or Crown this year.
But after that hurdle will come higher ones, as May has to get Brexit bills through a Parliament that, to a large extent, doesn't support her vision.
The enfeebled premier, who is still locked in hard talks with a Northern Irish party to prop up her administration, says the programme is about seizing opportunities offered by Brexit.
And if it doesn't look like a normal Queen's Speech, don't adjust your sets.
The British government said the bill would replace the existing Data Protection Act and fulfil a Conservative manifesto commitment to give people new rights to "control their data".
The speech is expected to set out a raft of new laws needed to implement Brexit, plans to strengthen counter-terrorism powers and a series of bills created to reform Britain's infrastructure and economy in preparation for life after the EU.
But the speech was notable also for what it did not contain.
Missing from the speech is news of President Trump's much anticipated state visit, which had been pencilled in for October.
The speech featured a reduced number of manifesto pledges due to the Conservatives' struggles to secure a majority following talks with the Democratic Unionist Party of Northern Ireland.
The promise of a free vote on repealing the fox hunting ban was not mentioned - possibly on account of it being so wildly unpopular.
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The Times branded May's administration the "stumbling husk of a zombie government" and said she was now "so weak that she can not arbitrate between squabbling cabinet ministers".
Downing Street refused to comment, saying only that the invitation, which was given by Ms May on behalf of the Queen, remained unchanged.
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn said he was ready to step in and build a rival government - although he and other opposition parties lack the collective numbers to bring down May.
Most of the 27 pieces of legislation proposed by the government are not likely to be controversial, and will therefore be easier for May to get through the Commons with at best a small majority.
Whatever the Queen says about the sort of deal the Government is pursuing, it will have to balance the competing priorities of the cabinet.
A DUP source warned that talks with Tories "haven't proceeded in a way that the DUP would have expected" and a deal was "certainly not imminent". Even an abstention by the DUP's 10 MPs would be enough to guarantee Mrs May's survival.
Rather than the Imperial state crown and ceremonial robes, the Queen will wear a day dress and hat and take a vehicle instead of the carriage from Buckingham Palace.
Back in April, Mrs May called an early election on the pretext that her political opponents were lining up to prevent the Government delivering Brexit as demanded by voters in last year's referendum.
The Speech confirmed plans for a public inquiry into the Grenfell Tower tragedy.
Ms May said the first priority was getting Brexit right, with the related legislation likely to form the lion's share of her agenda for a parliamentary session extended to two years in order to handle Britain's withdrawal.
"I have today been able to convey Her Majesty the Queen's hope that President Trump and the First Lady would pay a state visit to the United Kingdom later this year and I'm delighted that the president has accepted that invitation", May said in a press conference in the White House in January.
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