Queen Elizabeth II suggested David Cameron should have received ‘six of the best’ after he said she ‘spinned’ after Scottish independence referendum, claims Alex Salmond
- Lord Cameron repeatedly apologized for the 2014 blunder
The late queen suggested David Cameron should have received ‘six of the best’ after he said she ‘spinned’ when Scotland voted against independence, it was claimed last night.
Lord Cameron has repeatedly apologized for the 2014 gaffe in which he broke convention by discussing a conversation with the Queen in a heated mic chat with former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg.
As recently as 2019, the Minister of Foreign Affairs called the comment a ‘terrible mistake’.
He personally apologized to Her Majesty, adding that he was ‘extremely sorry and very ashamed’.
The late queen suggested David Cameron should have received ‘six of the best’ after he said she ‘purred’ when Scotland voted against independence, it was claimed last night
Shortly after the blunder, Alex Salmond said he had been invited to meet the Queen at Balmoral, where she was not shy about expressing her displeasure at the incident.
But as he revived the episode yesterday, former Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond recalled an anecdote which he said gave “insight” into how the late sovereign viewed Lord Cameron during his tenure as prime minister.
Shortly after the blunder, the Alba Party leader said he had been invited to meet the Queen at Balmoral, where she was not shy about expressing her displeasure over the incident.
Mr Salmond told TalkTV: ‘The next day I got a summons, an invitation to breakfast at Balmoral… I went to Balmoral for breakfast and Her Majesty the Queen said that under no circumstances was she spinning, she was extremely annoyed by her Prime Minister. and felt he needed six of the best.”
He said the Queen’s allegedly unguarded comments gave “a small insight into the assessment of our new Foreign Secretary… and as I say, she was right in many respects.”