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Four days before the Scots cast their Yes or No vote on whether to break away or stay with England and in a last move to save the Union, Queen Elizabeth II made a statement that political experts believed was a rare act of showing impartiality.
The Queen, who is now on a holiday in the Balmoral estate in Scotland, was photographed talking to a small group of Scots and English visitors. A well-wisher joked that they would not talk about the referendum, however, the Queen was heard saying: "You have an important vote on Thursday."
"Well, I hope people will think very carefully about the future," she continued.
With the battle between the Yes and No camp now getting neck to neck, the Queen's impressions made a significant impact with the emphasis how "important" it is that the Scots think about their future.
Her "think carefully" statement followed Prince Harry's announcement Saturday when he said that "only the British could have pulled off" the Invictus Games, which was his brainchild. He continued that he would prefer keeping the event a "UK," event and he even plans to host the next games in Glasgow.
Buckingham Palace has already rejected the request of Labour and Tory MPs for the Queen to voice out her stand in the Scottish independence issue. However, the Palace was quick to point that in 1977, Her Majesty stood neutral when Scotland and Wales were also voting on devolved national parliaments.
However, while the Queen did not make any direct statements, her Silver Jubilee speech made a clear note that she was against any break up: "I cannot forget that I was crowned Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and of Northern Ireland."
Meanwhile, Alex Salmond believed that the Queen actually supported Scottish independence.
He said she would be "proud" to be "Queen of Scots".
