16. And finally, the speech. The Queen reels off a list of things the government wants to do. She has to read out whatever’s on the page.

Last year the government made her say “internet protocol”, presumably as part of an internal Downing Street joke.

But remember, every time the Queen says “my government will”, what she actually means “if the coalition holds it together for another few months then this lot might just pass something resembling the law I’m announcing”.