Queen Elizabeth II was a Remainer, new book says

Queen Elizabeth II was a Remainer who did not support Brexit but thought that EU bureaucracy was “ridiculous”, according to a new book.

- BRYONY GOOCH

The late Queen reportedly told a senior minister three months before the Brexit referendum that “we shouldn’t leave the EU”, adding: “It’s better to stick with the devil you know.” The account, from a snippet of Valentine Low's book Power and the Palace in The Times, was supported by a palace insider who said the late Queen saw the EU as part of the postwar settlement, marking an era of cooperation after two world wars.

While the late Queen was a Remainer, she did find herself irritated by Brussels bureaucracy once remarking "this is ridiculous" while reading the papers.