Monarch could be referring to Boris Johnson’s proroguing of parliament, among other problems faced this year

The Queen will use her Christmas message to say 2019 has been “quite bumpy”, after she was drawn into a constitutional crisis by Boris Johnson and Prince Andrew was forced to withdraw from public life over his friendship with the sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

The pre-recorded message is also sprinkled with what could be interpreted as references to Brexit, as the Queen urges a nation divided over Europe to “put past difference behind us” and “honour the freedom and democracy” won in the second world war.

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