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Nicola Sturgeon has predicted the death of the late Queen was the "beginning of the end" for the monarchy in the UK. ‌

The former first minister told an audience at the Edinburgh International Book Festival today she was a republican by "heart and by instinct" - but still waxed lyrical about how much "admiration" she had for Elizabeth II , who died in 2022. ‌

Sturgeon met the late monarch on regular ocassions during her time as first minister from 2014 onwards. ‌

Speaking at the McEwan Hall in Edinburgh, host Kirsty Walk asked Sturgeon if the Queen had liked her. The former SNP leader replied: "I would like to think so, but I suspect everybody who has sat in private audience with the Queen got the impression she liked you. But the truth is, I don't know.

"In my heart

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