Buckingham Palace expresses ‘displeasure’ at Cameron’s comments on Scotland’s independence (Updated)

Update: Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland’s first minister, has implied the Queen should refuse to be drawn into a future vote on Scottish independence after David Cameron admitted he asked the monarch to intervene in 2014.

David Cameron’s remarks on the Queen and the Scottish independence vote led to “an amount of displeasure” at Buckingham Palace, a source says.

The former PM told the BBC he had asked whether the Queen could “raise an eyebrow” about the prospect of Scotland voting for independence in the days before the 2014 referendum.

The Queen later urged people to “think very carefully about the future”.

Buckingham Palace has made no official comment on Cameron’s remarks.

The source told the BBC that “it serves no one’s interests” for conversations between the PM and the Queen to be made public.

Via BBC