Buckingham Palace rejected request to sign post-Brexit deal at Windsor Castle to avoid 'political minefield'

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Buckingham Palace refused a request from the Government to have a post-Brexit deal signed in Windsor Castle, a book has revealed.The deal, which included the framework to avoid a hard border between Ireland and Northern Ireland, was agreed in February 2023.Details of the exchange emerged in an updated paperback edition of Power and the Palace by Valentine Low, which is due for release on Thursday.Officials did not want to sign the deal in Brussels, fearing it would appear as though they were deferring to European authority.

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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say Additionally, the European Commission did not want to sign the deal at Downing Street.So, after the Palace agreed to name the agreement the Windsor Framework, in an attempt to make the deal sound "less transactional and more of a settlement", officials then requested to sign the treaty inside Windsor Castle.This was a step deemed too far by the Royal Household.They were concerned they "could be walking into a minefield" and that...

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