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Extract from a BBC News story.
"One of the reasons for the delay to the Queen's Speech is also believed to be because the speech has to be written on goat's skin parchment paper, which takes a few days to dry - and the Tory negotiations with the DUP mean it cannot be ready in time."
So this is the real reason for delaying it.

In reply to keith-ratcliffe:

Makes "Great Britain" start to appear like some ageing actor well past his prime with the wig and make up failing under the heat of international scrutiny. :-/

In reply to jethro kiernan:

Your genuine vellum, so it was said, is good for at least 5,000 years, much longer than paper, which is why we still have documents such as Magna Carta. No point spoiling the ship etc...

In reply to Siward:


I very much doubt Theresa's offering will be worth preserving for posterity; a sheet of Izal would probably suffice

In reply to Hat Dude:

Or any of the UK's local council toilet paper...

On second thoughts that stuff will probably last forever.

In reply to keith-ratcliffe:

According to this tweet its a myth:

@dustshoveller : I was Director of the @UKParlArchives for 6 years and I can tell you that the Queen's Speech is not made of parchment, goat or otherwise.

https://twitter.com/dustshoveller/status/874302689701748736

In reply to andyjohnson0:


Izal it is then!

In reply to keith-ratcliffe:

No, Evan Davis confirmed last night on Newsnight that this is not the case.

In reply to keith-ratcliffe:

I thought this was bullshit though, they can always write it on goat skin or unicorn ass skin or whatever that is after the speech is delivered, can't they ?

In reply to keith-ratcliffe:

Statutes are still written on vellum; I don't think the Queen's Speech is.

In reply to keith-ratcliffe:

Is vellum not calfskin?