Former British Prime Minister David Cameron says he asked Queen Elizabeth II to help the pro-'remain' side in Scotland's 2014 independence referendum.
FILE - In this Tuesday, July 24, 2012 file photo, Britain's Queen Elizabeth II is greeted by Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron, as she arrives for lunch at Downing Street in London. Former Prime Minister David Cameron said Thursday Sept. 19, 2019, that he asked Queen Elizabeth II to help the pro-“remain” side in Scotland’s 2014 independence referendum.
LONDON — Former British Prime Minister David Cameron acknowledged Thursday that he asked Queen Elizabeth II, who is supposed to remain politically neutral, to help the pro-“remain” side in Scotland’s 2014 independence referendum. The queen is expected to stay out of politics and rarely makes her personal views public. So she surprised many when she told well-wishers days before the referendum that Scots should “think very carefully about the future” before voting.The pro-remain side won the vote by 55% to 45%.The then-prime minister was criticized when he was recorded saying after the referendum that the queen had “purred down the line” when he called to tell her the news.
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