Queen Elizabeth was instrumental in serving to Boris Johnson manoeuvre in direction of a Brexit deal again in 2019, a brand new e-book has claimed. In Johnson at 10, historian Anthony Seldon writes that Queen Elizabeth "delicately planted" the thought of interesting to the Irish chief Leo Varadkar to interrupt a impasse in negotiations on the time in a bid to keep away from a no-deal Brexit.

The enchantment resulted in a summit that was the turning level for talks between the EU and Westminster.

In the top, a compromise deal over Northern Ireland was struck which led to the ratification of the withdrawal settlement.

In September 2019, Johnson determined he wanted to chase after a take care of the EU however was receiving "animosity" from the EU leaders concerning a attainable compromise, Seldon recounts.

He provides how the Queen persuaded Johnson, on his journey to Balmoral, to contact Varadkar to doubtlessly use him as a deal dealer.

Seldon wrote: "After a private walk with the Queen he suggested to officials that she had delicately planted, without saying so explicitly, the idea of talking to Varadkar to solve the impasse."