British Prime Minister David Cameron was embroiled in an extraordinary breach of protocol over a phone conversation with Queen Elizabeth II when he was overheard as saying that she ‘purred’ with joy on hearing Scotland’s rejection of independence.
Cameron was having conversation with ex-New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg at the Bloomberg offices in New York when the camera crew overheard him saying that he had “never heard someone so happy”.
“She purred down the line. I’ve never heard someone so happy. Never heard someone tear up like that. It was great,” he was caught saying when he had called the 88-year-old monarch to say “it’s all right.” However, some reports indicate that the words he used were “cheer up” and not “tear up”.
Buckingham Palace and Downing Street declined to comment on “private conversations”, it is believed that Cameron is extremely embarrassed and is set to apologise for his public gaffe.
In the referendum held on September 17, voters in Scotland rejected independence by 55 per cent to 45 per cent.