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Nicola Sturgeon\u00a0said there is one member of the Royal Family she imagines to be different from the others she has met.<\/p>\n
In her book Frankly<\/em>, the former first minister tells of many encounters with senior royals, including the late Queen and\u00a0Prince William.<\/p>\n She said almost all of her\u00a0dealings with members of the Royal Family were\u00a0“positive”.<\/p>\n Sturgeon said: “I know it is part of their training (breeding is probably the more accurate term), but they are always engaged and engaging, polite and courteous.<\/p>\n “I can imagine Prince Andrew might be an exception but thankfully, I\u2019ve never had much to do with him.\u201d<\/p>\n READ NEXT:<\/strong>Nicola Sturgeon tells of clubbing in Glasgow with Hollywood star<\/a><\/p>\n She also told of an\u00a0occasion\u00a0where Prince William caused her to be “slightly agrieved”.<\/p>\n It was following a private meeting between the two in 2021.<\/p>\n Sturgeon said: \u201c The meeting was cordial\u201d and the pair chatted about covid, she asked about his grandmother and they discussed football and the upcoming Euros tournament.<\/p>\n However, she said she found out a few days later that the Prince had a private meeting with former prime minister Gordon Brown<\/a>\u00a0in the wake of his setting up the anti-independence think tank Our Scottish Future.<\/p>\n Sturgeon said a comment from the Prince\u2019s office said he wanted to meet people across the political spectrum.<\/p>\n She said this was \u201cdisingenuous\u201d as she had not discussed politics or independence with the Prince during their meeting.<\/p>\n The other occasion was following a big speech during\u00a0the independence referendum, positioning the Yes campaign on the centre left.<\/p>\n
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