The first thing you do when you want to tear someone down is make them less then human.
Which is exactly what he said.
I think you take lyrics wayyyyy too seriously and miss the entire point of the song. Are you familiar with the Police’s “Every Breath You Take” ? Do you think it is a wonderful love song ??? Lots of people do and it was a hugely popular song at weddings. According to Gordon Sumner “Sting” who wrote the song, It actually is written from the point of view of an obsessive stalker. Believe it or not, song lyrics and poetry are not always to be taken literally.
The queen is letting bygones be bygones. She reportedly wants representatives of all the communities who span her 70-year reign, including the punk rockers, to have some kind of presence or recognition during her Platinum Jubilee.