’Elizabeth The Great’: Boris Johnson delivers emotional tribute to The Queen in Parliament

Tearful Boris Johnson had to stop recording his PM obituary of the Queen as he was too “choked up“, he revealed in the Commons today. The former PM paid moving tribute to Her Majesty for “showing the world how to give, love and serve“ in his first speech from the backbenches since resigning. Fondly recalling their last meeting at Balmoral just on Tuesday, he said “she was as radiant, and as knowledgeable, and as fascinated by politics as ever I can remember.“ Mr Johnson - the Queen’s 14th PM - opened his tribute to Her Majesty with a “confession“ that he welled up during his No10 obituary. He told MPs: “A few months ago, the BBC came to see me to talk about Her Majesty the Queen, and we sat down and the cameras started rolling. “And they requested that I should talk about her in the past tense. “And I’m afraid I simply choked up and I could not go on - I’m really not easily moved to tears. "