Queen’s Scottish Independence Remarks Could Anger ‘Yes’ Supporters. Wednesday, media reports revealed details of a plan by senior Palace officials and the United Kingdom’s most senior civil servant, Sir Jeremy Heywood, to have the Queen make a crucial intervention into the Scottish independence campaign just four days before voters went to the polls. BMSF Chairman, Thomas Mace-Archer-Mills,  went on to accuse The Guardian newspaper of “fabricating a conspiracy” and accused Scottish National Party (SNP) Leader and Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon of “creating waves of republicanism.” To read this article in full please click here.