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by jgrahamc 5452 days ago
Certainly the case.

The British Government is Her Majesty's Government as she is the head of state. This means that it was her government that was in power when Alan Turing died and when Gordon Brown issued the apology.

I'll be interested to see her words today when they are released, but I don't feel there's any need for Her Majesty to be directly apologize for Turing's treatment. She should be there to honour the work that was done at Bletchley Park. Her government has already issued the apology necessary.

Related: http://blog.jgc.org/2009/10/reply-from-buckingham-palace.htm...