Nicola Sturgeon has been drawn into a row over tickets to the Queen’s funeral after opposition politicians claimed they were left off a Scottish Government list.
The Scottish Tories’ leader Douglas Ross was forced to make a plea for a space at Her Majesty’s final farewell, for himself and his Labour and Lib Dem counterparts, according to several government sources. The Scottish Government was allocated about 40 spaces for the royal send-off last Monday but rival politicians claim they were initially snubbed for tickets.
The anomaly came to light when politicians from across the UK went to a reception as the Queen lay in state. One Westminster politician who was at the reception said: “Douglas Ross was speaking to several people, including a Northern Irish politician and the leader of the Conservatives in Wales, and discovered they were both attending the Queen’s funeral.
