The Telegraph
Alex Salmond: Prince William should follow Queen’s example and stay out of independence debate
Alex Salmond has accused the Duke of Cambridge of displaying “poor judgment” by meeting Gordon Brown in Scotland last week and urged the Royal Family to stay out of the independence debate. The former First Minister said it would be “extraordinarily foolish” for the monarchy to get dragged into the row over Scottish separation and questioned “what on earth Prince William thought he was doing” by meeting Mr Brown. He said royals should beware “unscrupulous Unionist desperation” to use them for political ends and urged them to follow the Queen’s “very wise” example to “keep the monarchy over and above politics”. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge met Mr Brown and his wife Sarah after the former Labour Prime Minister relaunched his Our Scottish Future think tank as a pro-Union campaign movement. Kensington Palace later confirmed the royal couple had listened to differing political views during their week-long tour, which was said to be part of a charm offensive to turn Scots away from independence. Nicola Sturgeon has unveiled plans for another separation vote by the end of 2023, after the immediate Covid crisis has passed but while Scotland is still recovering from the pandemic. But, in a video message to supporters of his Alba Party, Mr Salmond it would be “infinitely better” for his former protegee to “seize the moment and strike while the iron is hot”. He claimed the Tories “are surprised that they are not already facing a renewed constitutional challenge” after the SNP clearly won the Holyrood election but fell one seat short of a majority. The Alba Party failed to win a single seat. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, who are known in Scotland as the Earl and Countess of Strathearn, met Mr Brown and his wife in an unpublicised meeting at the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh last Thursday.
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