Cameron to Say Sorry to Queen Over Purring Gaffe
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U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron said he’ll apologize personally to Queen Elizabeth II after talking about her reaction to the result of last week’s Scottish independence referendum.
Cameron was caught on microphone saying that the head of state “purred down the line” when he called her following the defeat for the independence campaign. The comments, made on a visit to New York, were a breach of protocol because communications between the prime minister and the queen are traditionally kept private.