David Cameron has publicly apologised for saying Queen Elizabeth “purred down the line” when he called her with the Scottish Referendum result, claiming he had actually called a sex line.
Outside 10 Downing Street, Mr Cameron said: “The thing the British public needs to understand is that I have Buckingham Palace on speed dial 1, and Randy Grannies on speed dial 2.” Apparently in his haste to break the news, he dialled the wrong number and genuinely thought he had reached the Queen. “The crackly, sexy voice on the other end sounded just like her, anyone would have made the same mistake.”
He says they flirted for a few minutes as usual, she seemed happy for him to call her Lizzie, then he said he had a nice surprise for her, and would she mind very much making animal noises. “So she said ‘Give it to me, baby’ and I responded promptly that Scotland had voted against it. There were a few moments of silence and then she went ahead and purred like a cat. She asked if I was finished, I said yes, then we hung up. It was a completely innocent misunderstanding." The mix-up was brought to his attention after a former News Of The World reporter checked his phone records for him.
Asked if this confusion had ever happened before, Mr Cameron said: “Only once, on Budget Day this year, when I stood in my office with my trousers down and accidentally called the Queen.”
The Prime Minister’s wife Samantha stood beside him through the public address, giggling behind her hand. When asked if she was aware of her husband’s phone sex activity, she laughed: “If it means he never has to touch me again he can call as many sex lines as he wants. After all, we’re not paying for it.”