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The Queen
The Queen across her 70 years of reign dealt with 15 Prime Ministers and out of those 15 , the one she loathed the most was (have a guess)!.
...Yes you are right.... It was Boris Johnson.
...Yes you are right.... It was Boris Johnson.
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A lot of people think Boris is a clown, I can't see any good reason why the Queen wouldn't have been of them.
21:17 Mon 12th Sep 2022
ZACS, from the link,
'A source close to the Palace said: “At least [the Queen] will be spared having to give Boris a knighthood. ***I think she loathes Boris***:because of his behaviour. He went around referring to her as ‘Her Maj’ and he never gave her any useful advice. You would have expected a prime minister to help sort out the mess with Prince Andrew, but Boris couldn’t help because he was mired in scandal of his own.”' [emphasis added]
'A source close to the Palace said: “At least [the Queen] will be spared having to give Boris a knighthood. ***I think she loathes Boris***:because of his behaviour. He went around referring to her as ‘Her Maj’ and he never gave her any useful advice. You would have expected a prime minister to help sort out the mess with Prince Andrew, but Boris couldn’t help because he was mired in scandal of his own.”' [emphasis added]
you're quibbling about the tense, ZM? That's unworthy of you. The claim was made before the queen's death, in the present tense. After her death it was obviously reported in the past tense, because a headline saying "Queen loathes Boris" would be self-evidently false.
You can of course disbelieve the unnamed source, though it would be remarkable for the Sunday Times, with a long history of careful reporting (even under the anti-monarchist Murdoch) to simply make up such a quote.
But to claim that the OP and Answerbank itself are peddling untruths can only imply that you know better, rather than that you don't know either way.
You can of course disbelieve the unnamed source, though it would be remarkable for the Sunday Times, with a long history of careful reporting (even under the anti-monarchist Murdoch) to simply make up such a quote.
But to claim that the OP and Answerbank itself are peddling untruths can only imply that you know better, rather than that you don't know either way.
the story suggests that she disliked Blair because he supposedly coined the phrase "the people's princess" for Diana and advised her to address the nation as a grandmother (both were in fact Alastair Campbell's ideas) - though as the film The Queen suggests, both helped the monarchy recover from a lot of media-driven hostility.
These incidents seem to predate her encounters with Boris, however, so the anecdote's out of date.
These incidents seem to predate her encounters with Boris, however, so the anecdote's out of date.
what sort of concrete fact would satisfy you? A signed affidavit from her late majesty? A reputable writer for a reputable newspaper has filed a report - very properly not naming his source. Have you any specific reason for thinking it untrue?
Note for instance the story that forms part of it, about the queen disliking Thatcher. That too was an anonymously sourced account at the time. Now it can be told (because he's dead) that it was from the queen's press secretary.
This is standard journalistic procedure. The reporter has to trust his source, whom he is honour bound not to name, and we're invited to trust the reporter. If you don't, that's fine, but do you have a reason?
Note for instance the story that forms part of it, about the queen disliking Thatcher. That too was an anonymously sourced account at the time. Now it can be told (because he's dead) that it was from the queen's press secretary.
This is standard journalistic procedure. The reporter has to trust his source, whom he is honour bound not to name, and we're invited to trust the reporter. If you don't, that's fine, but do you have a reason?
ZACS, the quote from the Sunday Times article is,
'A source close to the Palace said: “At least she will be spared having to give Boris a knighthood. I think she loathes Boris.'
Did you read the archived link to the article I posted? It is clearly from the Sunday Times and includes the word, "loathes".
'A source close to the Palace said: “At least she will be spared having to give Boris a knighthood. I think she loathes Boris.'
Did you read the archived link to the article I posted? It is clearly from the Sunday Times and includes the word, "loathes".
