• Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh proceed through the Royal Gallery during the State Opening of Parliament in the House of Lords at the Palace of Westminster in London last June. The British government's new legislative program, including a referendum bill on leaving the EU, will be announced by Queen Elizabeth II Wednesday as Parliament gets down to business after the Conservatives' election win. The government said Monday only U.K. nationals will be allowed to vote in the referendum. | YUI MOK / POOL / AFP-JIJI
    Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh proceed through the Royal Gallery during the State Opening of Parliament in the House of Lords at the Palace of Westminster in London last June. The British government's new legislative program, including a referendum bill on leaving the EU, will be announced by Queen Elizabeth II Wednesday as Parliament gets down to business after the Conservatives' election win. The government said Monday only U.K. nationals will be allowed to vote in the referendum. | YUI MOK / POOL / AFP-JIJI

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LONDON – Most citizens of other European Union countries living in Britain will not get to vote in a planned referendum on Britain’s membership of the bloc, the government said on Monday.

Prime Minister David Cameron, who has promised to renegotiate Britain’s EU ties ahead of a vote by the end of 2017, will embark on a tour of five European capitals later this week to hold talks with key EU leaders over his reform plans.

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