'Of the many lessons of IndyRef 2014 in Scotland, one solid takeaway was that the Queen was not directly part of the problem,' writes Nic Robertson | Analysis
When Scots went to the polls to vote for independence from the United Kingdom in September 2014, the role of the Queen came under scrutiny. At the time, the leader of the Scottish National Party , Alex Salmond, pledged that if voters backed exiting from the 300-plus year Union, Elizabeth II would remain “Queen of Scots.” Polling at the time suggested Salmond accurately gauged the popular mood on the Queen – 52% wanted to keep her.
He followed in his father’s footsteps by going to boarding school In Scotland, he spent time in Wales before his investiture and spoke Welsh during the ceremony in Caernarfon Castle. While there have been moments of general contention over his marriage to the late Diana, Princess of Wales, and affair with his current wife Camilla, now the Queen Consort, he has never consistently antagonized one part of the Union more than another.
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