Queen Elizabeth II’s final days are coming into focus with a new book.
In an excerpt published by Daily Mail from royal writer Gyles Brandreth’supcoming book Elizabeth: An Intimate Portrait , he writes that the latemonarch made peace with her death as he documented Reverend Dr. IainGreenshields’ visit to Balmoral the weekend before she died.
“The truth is that Her Majesty always knew that her remaining time waslimited. She accepted this with all the grace you’d expect,” Brandreth writes.
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“‘Her faith was everything to her. She told me she had no regrets,’ said Dr.Greenshields, referring to the last weekend he spent with her at Balmoral.”
Brandreth also writes of rumors that Her Majesty had a rare form of myeloma, abone marrow cancer, “which would explain her tiredness and weight loss andthose ‘mobility issues’ we were often told about during the last year or so ofher life. “
Queen Elizabeth II waits in the Drawing Room before receiving newly electedleader of the Conservative party Liz Truss at Balmoral Castle for an audiencewhere she will be invited to become Prime Minister and form a new governmenton September 6, 2022 in Aberdeen, Scotland. The Queen broke with the traditionof meeting the new prime minister and Buckingham Palace, after needing toremain at Balmoral Castle due to mobility issues
_Jane Barlow – WPA Pool/Getty _ Queen Elizabeth on Sept. 6, 2022 at BalmoralCastle
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He explains that it’s not surprising her cause of death was ruled “old age,”as that’s the commonly listed cause “when a patient is over 80 and theirdoctor has cared for them over time and seen their gradual decline.”
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Dr. Douglas James Allan Glass, who worked with the Queen for more than 30years and was with her at the time of her death, said her death “was expectedand we were quite aware of what was going to happen.”
According to Brandreth’s book, Queen Elizabeth began exhibiting “sudden’energy low'” and “felt exhausted” in autumn 2021, as doctors ordered her to”‘rest a bit, not to push herself so much, to take it easy.'” She subsequentlycanceled several appearances.
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The State Gun Carriage carries the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II, draped in theRoyal Standard with the Imperial State Crown and the Sovereign’s orb andsceptre, in the Ceremonial Procession down The Mall following her StateFuneral at Westminster Abbey on September 19, 2022 in London , England.Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor was born in Bruton Street, Mayfair, London on21 April 1926. She married Prince Philip in 1947 and ascended the throne ofthe United Kingdom and Commonwealth on 6 February 1952 after the death of herFather, King George VI. Queen Elizabeth II died at Balmoral Castle in Scotlandon September 8, 2022, and was succeeded by her eldest son, King Charles III.
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“Until then, her energy had been little short of astonishing,” Brandrethwrites. “Over her final decade, she’d not only continued her work as monarchbut actively engaged with modern life.
Queen Elizabeth died at age 96 in September at Balmoral Castle in Scotland.Buckingham Palace previously announced that the Queen was “under medicalsupervision” and doctors were “concerned” about her health, as members of theroyal family rushed to her side at Balmoral.
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Her Majesty’s death followed the passing of her husband of 73 years, PrincePhilip, who died at age 99 in June 2021. She was succeeded immediately by hereldest son, King Charles III, 74, who is now the monarch.
Elizabeth: An Intimate Portrait is available Dec. 8.