Strictly speaking, under the terms of the Fixed Term Parliaments Act, May did not need to go to Buckingham Palace at all. She remained prime minister until she resigned or was forced out after a vote of no confidence. But her advisers recognised that half the battle in moments of constitutional tension was to look and behave like a prime minister. Driving to the palace in her official Jaguar, stalked by news helicopters, was what prime ministers did. The only problem was that May was not looking at all like a prime minister. Shortly before she left for the palace, May once more broke down in
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