Remainers want The Queen to sack Boris Johnson if he faces a vote of no-confidence (Picture: Rex)

Buckingham Palace has reportedly been holding talks with Downing Street because it is desperate to keep the Queen out of Brexit.

The Royal Family is worried about calls for Her Majesty to intervene if Boris Johnson faces a vote of no-confidence.

The new prime minister has promised to leave the European Union on October 31 – even with no-deal.

But many Remainer MPs plan to stage a no-confidence vote in his leadership when parliament returns next month and want the Queen to sack Boris if he loses.


Buckingham Palace is determined to keep the Queen out of Brexit (Picture: Rex Features)

However, in recent days the Queen’s private secretary Edward Young and Sir Mark Sedwill, the cabinet secretary, have been discussing how to keep the Queen from being dragged into the Brexit process.



It is claimed Sir Mark could write to party leaders urging them to keep the Queen out of Brexit.

While the Queen is the head of state, her role is more a courtesy one.

The Queen gives the final approval – known as Royal Assent – to bills that then become Acts of Parliament.

No Monarch since Queen Anne in 1707 has refused to give Royal Assent but they could in theory.

Experts also believe the Queen would have the power to sack the Prime Minister after a vote of no-confidence, but it is an extremely unlikely scenario.

Under the Fixed-Term Parliaments Act 2011, there’s 14 days after a no-confidence vote to find an alternative government.

Boris Johnson has promised the UK will leave the EU on October 31 but it could spark a constitutional crisis (Picture:Peter Summers/Getty Images)

An election would be held 25 working days after the dissolution of parliament.

In the two weeks, parliament could agree a candidate to put forward to the Queen.

Robert Hazell, professor of government and constitution at University College London, told the Guardian that in this scenario the Queen would be able to dismiss Johnson and appoint the new person as prime minister.

Vernon Bogdanor, professor of government at King’s College London, told the Guardian: ‘The Queen’s powers rest on convention.

‘She’s got quite wide legal powers but in a constitutional monarchy she shouldn’t use them except in very extreme circumstances, which I don’t think these would be.’

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