Can the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge save the Union? Officials at Buckingham Palace are reported to be drawing up plans for the Royal couple to spend more time north of the border.
If so, it’s likely that Alex Salmond won’t be amused: the former first minister accused Prince William of ‘poor judgement’ for meeting Gordon Brown on a recent visit. Salmond, who is now the leader of the nationalist Alba party, also said it would be a ‘fatal error’ for the monarchy to allow the perception that they were taking sides in the debate
He need not be concerned. Pictures of William in a kilt trying not to look bored as he sits through his tenth Highland games of the 2022 season are unlikely to impact Scotland’s constitutional debate. More influential, as has always been the case, is the cold economic reality of separation.
The outcome of the Brexit referendum has skewed thinking about Scottish separatism.
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