Cameron "to apologize" to Queen

British media reported on Thursday that the country's premier, David Cameron, would apologize to Queen Elizabeth II in person after describing how she "purred" down the telephone when he informed her Scotland had rejected independence.

Cameron was caught on camera talking to former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg on Tuesday.

The British leader was in the city to attend the UN General Assembly.

It's reported he told Bloomberg that "the definition of relief is being the prime minister of the United Kingdom and ringing the Queen and saying: 'It's alright, it's OK.' That was something."

"She purred down the line," he continued.

"Extremely sorry"

Cameron said he was "very embarrassed" and "extremely sorry" about what had happened.

"It was a private conversation, but clearly a private conversation that I shouldn't have had and won't have again," he told reporters in New York. "My office has already been in touch with the palace to make that clear and I will do so as well."

It is reported he will apologize to the 88-year-old British monarch at their next regular meeting.

The Queen, who never makes her own political views public, had stayed out of expressing an opinion on the Scottish independence debate.

Following last week's vote, she only said that she hoped the country could "come together."

lw/bw (AP, Reuters)