Alex Salmond and his illusion of a Scottish Monarch

It may not surprise you that Alex Salmond has once again endorsed the Queen, as recently as today he said "our (the Scottish people) affection for Elizabeth, Queen of Scots, is nonetheless very powerful and very strong". This is true that our affection for the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is very strong, Queen Elizabeth II has reigned over us for more than 60 years, what a pleasure to have such a wonderful monarch.

Although, if you had not noticed, and trust me, many more people would have not noticed, is that his language when talking about our British monarch is non-factual and incorrect. He portrays the Queen as the "Queen of Scots", there has not been a separate Scottish monarch or English monarch since 1603 (union of crowns), prior to 1603 both Scottish and English thrones were separate but for the past 400 years, following the Accession of King James IV of Scotland (I of England) to the English throne, a single monarch has reigned in the United Kingdom.

So why does Alex Salmond portray something that does not exist? It is simple, it does not take a genius to understand what exactly Alex Salmond would like to achieve by misleading the Scottish people, he would like to create an illusion ( yes another one), that there is no British monarch, that there is nothing "British" about our monarchy, he is trying to advertise the monarchy to the Scottish people in a different way, in a way that would only be possible if Scotland was a separate state from the United Kingdom.

His illusion starts with Her Majesty's title, our Queen has a very long title, her official title that is used right across the United Kingdom (that includes Scotland) is "Elizabeth the second, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland" , yes that is very long title, so to cut it down, we can say either Queen of the United Kingdom, or Queen of the UK. Remember she is a British monarch, she is not a Scottish monarch and she is not an English monarch, she is not the "Queen of England".

The point that I make is that there is no such thing as the "Queen of Scots", this is a false title, it is made up by the SNP (Alex Salmond in particular) to create an illusion that the Queen of the UK is the head of state of a separate sovereign Scotland, which would only be possible if Scotland separated from the United Kingdom. The SNP want to change my view, and your view of the Queen in Scotland, they are trying desperately to portray her as a Scottish head of state, a Scottish head of state in an independent Scotland, the same way in which the Queen is head of state of Australia or Canada.

The SNP realise that right now the monarchy in the United Kingdom is a British institution, it is an institution that promotes everything British, the Scottish separatists are trying to play that down as much as they can, they are trying to get Scots in the mindset that she can be a Scottish head of state, and that we (the Scots) don't have to wave around the union flag, but we can wave the Rampant Lion around instead.

The nationalists are sneakily trying to create an illusion that we can keep the Queen as head of state, but at the same time promoting her as not a "British" head of state but rather a Scottish head of state, they do this while Scotland is part of the United Kingdom, they do this knowing that she is a British monarch. The SNP have to remember that Scotland is part of the United Kingdom, under a constitutional monarchy, with the British monarch as the head of state of the entire United Kingdom.

She is not the Queen of Scots or the Queen of England, she is the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. If the nationalists do not believe me, why don't they read below what the Queen said in 1977 speaking at her silver jubilee:

"I number Kings and Queens of England and of Scotland, and princes Wales among my ancestors and so I can readily understand these aspirations.

But I cannot forget that I was crowned Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland."  (video)

- Queen Elizabeth II