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Originally Posted by jet

The Queens statement “Recollections may vary” imo meant “your recollection of events are adjusted to suit your narrative and are not necessarily truthful.” - and it wasn't just referring to the accusation of a racist comment.

Everyone’s recollection of events is always skewed towards their own narrative, that’s basic human psychology, so the balanced view would be to assume (if one was not there) that the truth lies somewhere between the two accounts... not that one party is an out and out liar and the other an oracle of truth whose version is beyond question. The Queen is a clever lady, she knows fine well that if she’s hearing two versions, the truth is probably in the murky middle ground (in this specific case,it’s probably that the comments were made “tongue in cheek” and whoever said it wrongly assumed Harry wouldn’t be offended).

Never doubt the Queen’s intelligence jet :Nono: