Do not set font-size on the html element

Doing this makes it breaks users font-size preferences in some browsers (such as Chrome) – see twbs/bootstrap#19460 for more details. We should instead _assume_ the root font-size is 16px - the point being that if it’s not then the text should adjust accordingly.
alphagov · Jul 4, 2018 · 346b9d1 · 346b9d1
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diff --git a/src/core/_template.scss b/src/core/_template.scss
@@ -4,13 +4,9 @@
 
   // Applied to the <html> element
   .govuk-template {
-    // Set the overall page background color to the same colour as used by the
+    // Set the overall page background colour to the same colour as used by the
     // footer to give the illusion of a long footer.
     background-color: $govuk-canvas-background-colour;
-
-    // Set the root font-size so that we can define our font-sizes in rem
-    // throughout
-    font-size: $govuk-root-font-size;
   }
 
   // Applied to the <body> element