Lèse majesté

A few weeks ago Prince William made a speech that many people who want Britain to leave the EU saw as providing a case for staying in the club.  That he had done so was denied vigorously by Wills' people but still he had tabloid ordure tipped on his head.  That wasn't the end of it for the right-wing, spiteful, hate-filled pro-Brexit newspapers - they don't just refute, they destroy.  So the second-in-line to the throne has been lambasted for being lazy and not caring enough for his grandmother, the Queen, by taking on more of her duties as she approaches 90 years old.  The pictures of the prince and his family in the Alps was a double-edged sword, adding to the playboy image while being cutesy as well.  And these papers claim to be pro-Royal Family!
One of them, the Currant Bun, today though claimed on its front page that "The Queen Backs Brexit."  No questions here about breach of impartiality that surrounded William.  Except that the Queen has launched a formal complaint against the paper.  It says it stands by its story that comes from "two impeccable sources" - a clear lie as no impeccable source would betray the Queen's confidence and drag the Queen into political mud-slinging; rather, like the rag, these people are the lowest of the low (but they are pro-Brexit so that's to be expected).
The flimsy evidence justifying the headline is beyond credible.  Apparently, maybe, perhaps, the Queen told Nick Clegg in 2011 that "the EU was going backwards" - people might think that but still weigh up being inside the EU as worth it.  Further, she allegedly said this almost two full years before David Cameron surprised everyone by announcing a referendum before the end of 2017.  So that instantly throws that Brexit slur on the fire as Brexit wasn't on the table when she made it.  Another source said she expressed bewilderment with 'Europe' (note, not the EU) with some venom.  Both these quotations are out of context and are not corroborated by anyone else present, least of all a furious Buckingham Palace.  Moreover, people can change their minds in five years - a speech (played down by the anti-EU newspapers) that the Queen made in Berlin last year seemed to speak quite warmly of harmony and security in Europe, some implying that as support for the European project.
Meanwhile, it seems the editor of the Currant Bun, Tony Gallagher, has gone insane.  A respected editor of The Daily Telegraph, he has slid down the pole via being associate editor as The Daily Wail, to the bottom in his current assignment.  He has already been forced to issue an unprecedented front-page apology (as small as possible) when forced by the newspaper editors' own watchdog for lying about a majority of British Muslims supporting ISIS (Daesh). Now this.  If one was being charitable, he is trying too hard and hasn't quite yet found his metier.  While his paper is being talked about, this latest scheme of the pro-Brexit campaigners could backfire quite easily.  Following gaffes galore including Boris Johnson's gagging of his City hall staff (which he lied about countermanding), they really are a shower.