The Queen sent a message to the Church of Scotland on Saturday, recognising the role it can play in helping to heal divisions opened up by the increasingly bitter debate over Scottish independence. Elizabeth, 88, who celebrated 60 years on the throne in 2012, has not publicly entered the political debate on whether Scotland should end its 307-year-old union with England and leave the United Kingdom. However, if a majority of Scots vote in favour of independence in September, Scottish leader Alex Salmond has said he wants to keep the Queen as head of state. Polling shows most voters are still against independence but the gap between the two camps is gradually shrinking and the temperature of debate rising.
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