Queen Elizabeth II was not entirely happy with Britain’s exit from the European Union.
Her Majesty, who died in 2022, expressed her concerns over Brexit to former US Prime Minister Barack Obama in a rare admission.
In the new book, The Queen and Her Presidents: The Hidden Hand That Shaped History, journalist Susan Page reveals what Her Majesty really thought about the exit.
Page revealed (via The Times): “Elizabeth II effectively said, ‘It is difficult to understand why a Prime Minister, who presumably understands politics, would put forward a public referendum that he did not know the answer to would be so important.'”
Queen Elizabeth “did not believe that a decision as major as Britain leaving the European Union ‘should have been decided by referendum.'”
Page added: “His views on leaving the European Union were the subject of endless speculation during his reign and after his death.”
The journalist said: “In fact, at the height of the tumult, she expressed her real views to Obama.”
