He said the only time he could remember a reaction from the Queen was at the decommissioning ceremony for Her Majesty's Yacht Britannia, when the monarch was said to have shed a tear. The word "displeasure" is telling and hints at real agitation in the palace, but linguistically does not betray emotion and avoids scandal.
The Buckingham Palace source that spoke to the BBC said "it serves no one's interests" for conversations between the PM and the Queen to be made public. Just as the first rule of Fight Club is that you do not talk about Fight Club, says the BBC's Jonny Dymond, the first rule of the relationship between the prime minister and the Queen is that you never, ever talk about the relationship between the PM and the Queen. It's significant that breaking this rule ties in with her suspension of Parliament on the instruction of Prime Minister Boris Johnson - a move which is under unprecedented scrutiny in the UK Supreme Court.
The two cases are very different, our correspondent says, but they both highlight the dark greys of the Queen's constitutional position, the discretion she has or lacks, under extraordinary circumstances, to speak out and act. Palace 'displeasure' at Cameron's comments. How do the royals travel? Elton defends Harry and Meghan over private jets.
Image source, Getty Images. This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Watch David Cameron explain how he asked for the Queen's help. So what does the Queen do, exactly? Aged 93, she has reigned for 67 years. Image source, PA. He says supportive things about Theresa May. And he is critical of her failure to adapt her strategy after the election.
You need Labour support for a partnership Brexit. If you go back to the beginning, to and particularly after , you might have been able to get more buy-in. The government went in a different direction, with the red lines and all the rest of it. And, now, today, under the very different leadership of Boris Johnson? Logically, where we are is either Boris gets his deal and brings it back and passes it, or there are three options: you can find another deal, you can have a general election, or you can have a second referendum.
That would be a big risk for the country. Hello trees. The book also contains some very good anecdotes about everything from Brussels summits to visiting Balmoral. This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. David Cameron's comments were picked up on a microphone.
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