New Details Revealed On Queen Elizabeth II’s Final Dying Moments

Her devoted private secretary, Sir Edward Young, recorded her final moments, stating that she slipped away very peacefully due to old age and wouldn't have been aware of anything, with no pain. The document was lodged in the Royal Archives and has just been made public. The Daily Mail reports that the Queen died peacefully at 96 at her beloved Balmoral Castle in Scotland. In September 2022, royal expert Katie Nicholl told Page Six that the Queen had always wished to die at Balmoral. Lady Elizabeth Shakerley, Elizabeth's cousin, revealed to Nicholl in a 2020 interview that the Scottish estate was where the late Queen felt most at peace. The National Records of Scotland reported that she died of old age. Robert Hardman's upcoming book, 'Charles III: New King, New Court,' includes this note and other fascinating details surrounding the royal's death. The royal reporter writes that the Queen's eldest son, Charles, sat with her for an hour, accompanied by his wife Camilla. Later, he went out alone to forage mushrooms and clear his head. He received the news of her death while driving back to Balmoral Castle. Princess Anne, the Queen's senior dresser and trusted confidante Angela Kelly, and the Rev Kenneth MacKenzie, a minister who read to her from the Bible, were also by her bedside. After her death, a footman brought a locked red box of paperwork found on her deathbed. The box contained two sealed letters: one addressed to her son and heir, Charles, and the other to Young. Additionally, it contained her final royal order, which was her choice of candidates for the prestigious Order of Merit for 'exceptionally meritorious service' across the Commonwealth. Hardman writes of the Queen's legendary work ethic, 'Even on her deathbed, there had been work to do. Hardman writes of the Queen's legendary work ethic, 'Even on her deathbed, there had been work to do. And she had done it.

New Details Revealed On Queen Elizabeth II’s Final Dying Moments

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