The Queen 'DID back leaving the EU'! Monarch told guests at a private lunch: 'I don't see why we can't just get out

The Queen supported Brexit and requested why the UK couldn't simply 'get out' of the EU, it was dramatically claimed yesterday.

BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg stated the monarch had apparently made her views clear at a personal lunch earlier than the referendum in June.

In keeping with Miss Kuenssberg's contact, the Queen informed friends on the lunch: 'I do not see why we will not simply get out. What's the issue?'

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The BBC's political editor has stated she was informed that the Queen (pictured) supported EU withdrawal, however didn't report it as she couldn't discover a second supply

Laura Kuenssberg stated she was informed concerning the alleged remark months earlier than the eventual look of The Solar's 'Queen backs Brexit' headline in March

The declare was made on one other day of optimistic information for the financial system six months after the referendum vote, together with:

• Excessive streets reported a £four billion Boxing Day bonanza, spearheaded by overseas vacationers cashing in on the weak pound;
• A professional-Go away strain group unveiled figures displaying that leaving the only market and the customs union might ship a £24 billion-a-year increase to the financial system;
• Former Financial institution of England governor Sir Mervyn King stated the EU was 'fairly unsuccessful' in an financial sense and leaving it introduced Britain with 'alternatives'.

Miss Kuenssberg's extraordinary declare follows a report in The Solar newspaper 9 months in the past, underneath the headline 'Queen backs Brexit'. Final night time, Buckingham Palace stated it had nothing extra so as to add to the assertion it issued in March, in response to the Solar report, which stated the Queen was 'politically impartial'.

Miss Kuenssberg stated she didn't run the story on the time as a result of she had just one supply. However her claims will re-ignite the talk over what the Queen's non-public views concerning the EU are.

Mr Clegg tweeted following claims that the Queen had 'let rip' at then deputy prime minister about Europe at a lunch at Windsor Citadel

Talking on Radio four's At present programme yesterday, Miss Kuenssberg stated her 'jaw hit the ground' when an unnamed contact informed her that the Queen had informed a personal lunch that she couldn't see why Britain couldn't merely go away the bloc.

She stated: 'In an off-the-cuff chat with certainly one of my contacts, they stated, "Have you learnt what? In some unspecified time in the future that is going to return out, and I'm telling you now and I don't know if the BBC would contact it, however the Queen informed folks at a personal lunch that she thinks that we must always go away the EU.

'Apparently at this lunch, she stated "I don't see why we are able to't simply get out. What's the issue?" '

She added: 'My jaw hit the ground. Very sadly, I solely had one supply. I spent the following few days attempting to show it. I couldn't discover the proof.

'Lo and behold, a few months later, another person did. After all, then ensued an enormous row between that newspaper and the Palace over what had actually been stated or not stated.'

EU PRESIDENT IS 'IN DENIAL' OVER TERROR

Jean-Claude Juncker was accused of being in denial yesterday after suggesting one of the best ways to combat terror was to maintain the borders between EU international locations open.

The European Fee president stated it was now unimaginable to forestall terrorists crossing borders on the continent. However he insisted that the reply was not a clampdown on free motion and the restoration of passport checks – however a larger effort at an EU degree to identify potential safety threats.

Mr Rees-Mogg stated final night time: 'Maybe Mr Juncker has had an excessive amount of sherry in his Christmas pudding. He and others like him in Brussels are so sheltered from actuality that they've grow to be muddled of their pondering.'

The Solar all the time stood by its piece, saying it had two sources for the declare that the Queen had 'let rip' at then deputy prime minister Nick Clegg over Europe at a lunch at Windsor Citadel in 2011. Mr Clegg has named then justice secretary Michael Gove as a supply, however Mr Gove has by no means confirmed the allegation. It's not identified whether or not Miss Kuenssberg's supply is identical as certainly one of The Solar's, or whether or not it's the identical lunch. A BBC spokesman stated final night time that neither the company nor Ms Kuennssberg would remark.

Final night time Tory MP Andrew Bridgen stated: 'It's not likely a shock that the Queen is in favour of a sovereign constitutional monarchy.

'On a regular basis we had been campaigning for Go away, we stated we had been doing it for Queen and Nation. The Queen is 90 years outdated and she or he is aware of full effectively how nice Britain was earlier than we joined the European Union, and the way issues at the moment are. She is effectively certified to supply an opinion, though she retains these opinions to herself.'

Fellow Tory MP Jacob Rees-Mogg stated: 'It might not be a shock if the Queen felt this manner, provided that becoming a member of the European Union was an incredible betrayal of the Commonwealth, and the Commonwealth is near her coronary heart.

'The Queen is extra in contact with the sentiments of the British folks than many politicians. She has a significantly better understanding of the nationwide temper than many in public life.'  

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