LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Theresa May did not mention the possibility of leaving the European Union before March 2019 during a speech in Florence on Friday despite a Telegraph newspaper report that she would. Minutes before the speech began, the Telegraph newspaper reported May would raise the option of leaving the bloc before Britain s scheduled departure at the end of March 2019, sending sterling down around 30 ticks. In answer to a question following the speech, May said that Britain would leave at the end of March 2019. (This story corrects to add dropped word in lede)  