Cameron: Frustration prompted Queen plea during Scottish independence referendum

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"2">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>David Cameron has said &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;frustration” during the Scottish independence referendum campaign prompted his plea for Britain&&num;8217&semi;s Queen to intervene but he now wanted to avoid making his indiscretion &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;worse”&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It is understood that the former British prime minister caused &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;an amount of displeasure” in Buckingham Palace earlier this week after revealing he sought the support of the Queen&comma; who is meant to remain above the political fray&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In an interview with Sky News’ Sophy Ridge on Sunday&comma; Mr Cameron acknowledged his revelations&comma; made in a BBC documentary&comma; had caused consternation but defended his decision&comma; saying the suggestion he had revealed details of a private conversation with the monarch was not &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;correct”&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>There was a frustration in my team and that’s why the conversations between one set of aides and another set of aides took place<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>He said&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;What I have said in that programme&comma; and I don’t want to add to it in any way&comma; was about conversations between my aides and her aides&comma; actually&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;--Ads1--><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Explaining the context&comma; he added&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Alex Salmond was saying that Her Majesty would be the proud monarch of an independent Scotland&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;There was a frustration in my team and that’s why the conversations between one set of aides and another set of aides took place&period; But that’s it&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>When pressed further he added&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I don’t want to say any more because I don’t want to make the situation worse than it is&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;--Ads2--><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mr Cameron&comma; who has been carrying out a media blitz to promote his memoirs&comma; had told the BBC he made contact with Buckingham Palace officials in 2014&comma; suggesting the monarch could &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;raise an eyebrow” in the closely-fought referendum campaign&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68cd4c48cb39e">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; function &lpar;&rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; false &equals;&equals;&equals; &lpar; window&period;isWatlV1 &quest;&quest; false &rpar; &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&sol;&sol; Use Aditude scripts&period;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings &equals; window&period;tudeMappings &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings&period;push&lpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;divId&colon; 'atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68cd4c48cb39e'&comma;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;format&colon; 'belowpost'&comma;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub; &rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; document&period;readyState &equals;&equals;&equals; 'loading' &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;document&period;addEventListener&lpar; 'DOMContentLoaded'&comma; window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub; else &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback&lpar;&rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;script>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>


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