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The Queen was 'ready to intervene' in Scottish independence debate

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made six years ago outside Crathie Kirk - the church nearest Balmoral - when she told a member of the public that she hoped Scots would "think very carefully about the future".

It came just one week after a bombshell poll found support for Scottish independence had edged ahead of those backing the Union for the first time.

Now a well-connected establishment journalist has claimed the Queen's comments were part of an orchestrated plan designed to sway voters away from the Yes campaign.

Lionel Barber, a former editor of the Financial Times and reporter for The Scotsman, said he had dined with Prince Andrew in the run-up to the 2014 referendum. "I can tell you that down in London they panicked," he told The Sunday Times. "There is this scene.

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