Queen Elizabeth II was appreciated by so many people because she “never got on your nerves” and kept her opinions to herself, a BBC Question Time panellist has claimed. Daily Telegraph columnist Tim Stanley argued that the late monarch was a “remarkable demonstration” of the “power of silence”.
He said: “And the lesson that one takes from this is why so many of us appreciated Elizabeth II and we might not have realised it at the time.
“But Elizabeth II never got on your nerves because she kept her opinions to herself.”
At this point, some members of the audience appeared to giggle at the historian’s comments.
Question Time host Fiona Bruce felt the need to interrupt the former University of Sussex lecturer in full flow.
She said: “That’s setting the bar quite low, Tim, if I might suggest.”
However, Mr Stanley denied this was the case, with the former Royal Holloway lecturer arguing that it was increasingly difficult not to offend people in a social media-dominated age.
He said: “No, it’s not. Could you do that, especially in the age of social media?
“To keep your opinions to yourself and never put a foot wrong.
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“My point is you look back over its history. Brothers have been at each other’s throats.
“The media’s been involved.
“We’ve had all this before and it has survived.
“In a better age, Harry and William would have resolved this with pistols at dawn.
“But sadly, now it’s done through Netflix.”
