THE death of Queen Elizabeth was an apolitical event, or so we were constantly told.
Any hint of a suggestion that the newly-crowned Charles was presiding over a divided kingdom was panned by sources “close to” figures such as Gordon Brown and Scottish Secretary Alister Jack.
Those same sources were of course silent when BBC correspondent Nicholas Witchell claimed it was “very important to her [the Queen] to feel that the United Kingdom would remain the United Kingdom”.