London — Boris Johnson’s Brexit troubles deepened as he was forced to deny lying to Queen Elizabeth and the speaker of the House of Commons warned him against illegally forcing Britain out of the EU.

The British prime minister says the only way out of the crisis over the UK’s divorce from the EU is to hold an election and he will press ahead with his campaign to win votes with a speech aimed at pro-Brexit areas in northern England on Friday...

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