Voices: How did we ever doubt that the Queen was a Remainer at heart?

So now, nine years after the Brexit referendum, we finally know the answer: Elizabeth II was a Remainer. In a new book, Power and the Palace: The Inside Story of the Monarchy and 10 Downing Street, royal biographer Valentine Low has cracked the secret.

Three months before the 2016 Brexit referendum, the late Queen reportedly told a senior minister: “We shouldn’t leave the EU.” She apparently later added: “It’s better to stick with the devil you know.”