Why should we care if the Queen backs Brexit? As Kate and Will's mishap showed, the royals are irrelevant

The Sun predicted correctly when it said in the story that the claims “will explode a furious controversy” - but nobody can really be swayed by what the monarchy might have said five years ago anymore

Copies of Britain's 'The Sun' newspapers are sold at a store in London, Britain, 09 March 2016. (EPA)

Most of us would be forgiven for the odd passionate outburst about Brexit, but anti-EU comments that the Queen allegedly made five years ago have made headlines. The Queen’s views on the EU, however, are the last thing we should be worried about.

During a lunch at Windsor castle back when the coalition was in power and we had a vague idea who Nick Clegg was, the Queen said she believed the EU was “heading in the wrong direction”, according to The Sun newspaper, in a rant to Clegg that went on for “quite a while”.

In a rare move, Buckingham Palace has complained to the press regulator about The Sun’s front-page story, saying the Queen has always been politically neutral.

Clegg has been a bit vague in his response, saying that he has “absolutely no recollection” of the conversation. Presumably because his short-term memory was affected by sheer volume of substances thrown at his head by angry students around the time.

There were a few other ministers at the lunch, and there has been much speculation on who grassed to The Sun. Most bets are on then-Education Secretary Michael Gove.

The Sun predicted correctly when it said in the story that the claims “will explode a furious controversy”. That the Queen may or may to have said something about Britain’s membership in the EU five years ago has made headlines everywhere.

It’s the black spider memos all over again, just without the cool codename.

But whatever the Queen thinks about Brexit and the upcoming referendum is not going to get us any closer to making an informed decision about our future place in the world.

The information war has begun, the fear tactics are already sneaking into political speeches and the debate stinks of personal politics. The last thing we need when trying to decide how to answer such an enormous, complicated question, is the alleged view of a woman who no one in the country can relate to. Even if you have corgis.

Labour leader and republican Jeremy Corbyn received criticism last year for not singing the national anthem at an RAF service. But apart from those who thought he should be killed for treason, it triggered a debate about how pointless it is to have a national anthem that just wants to Queen to live on, and that as a country, we stand for much more than that.

More recently, a fully booked hotel in France turned down a booking from Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry because they refused to cancel any existing reservations.

Internationally, it’s clear everyone is less and less enthralled by the royals by the second.

The EU referendum campaigns are a bit of a mess. So far, all we really know is that London mayor Boris Johnson wants out, and Cameron wants to make catty remarks in response.

Information on what will happen to our wages, our rights and our safety are consistently being brushed under the carpet in favour of political games. And the fuss about the Queen’s views is included in this.

We might have a right to know that the Queen said this, if it is true. But we shouldn’t care. We all have more important things to concern ourselves with when it comes to the looming referendum on Brexit – and the increasing irrelevance of the Windsors means their perspectives aren’t going to change anything anyway.