Jinnah’s confidence about the British establishment’s attitude had been bolstered by his discovery during a Buckingham Palace luncheon in December 1946 that ‘His Majesty (George VI) was pro Pakistan… Her Majesty was even more pro Pakistan and… Queen Mary (the king’s mother) was 100% Pakistan!’ to quote his account, given on 11 April, to Eric Mieville, Mountbatten’s private secretary.
