The Sun’s front page today is a classic by its own standards: a vague sentiment of years ago has been turned into a firm view, apparently fit for a splash.

The Palace has denied it. Even Nick Clegg, who was there, has denied it.

In fact even The Sun knows its story is flaky because Page 2 features this plea by Tom Newton Dunn:

The Queen is arguably the most respected stateswoman in the world. If she has a view on Brexit, don’t voters have a right to know what it is?

If you already know the Queen’s view on Brexit, then why call for it?

The Queen obviously supports #Brexit because there's a long history of European immigrants coming over and taking her job. — @ (@twlldun) March 9, 2016

But what’s intriguing is that the meeting just before the event in question featured (ht John Rentoul):

the Rt. Hon. Nicholas Clegg MP (Lord President), the Rt. Hon. Michael Gove MP (Secretary of State, Department for Education), the Rt. Hon. Cheryl Gillan MP (Secretary of State for Wales) and the Lord McNally (Minister of State, Ministry of Justice).

Oh look, Michael Gove, one of the leaders of the Brexit camp was there.

No prize for guessing whether he was the “senior source” quoted by The Sun.