Queen Elizabeth had 'no regrets' and kept sense of humour until the end, says clergyman
ok.co.ukA clergyman who spent a weekend at Balmoral with the Queen has revealed that just five days before her death she told him she had “no regrets.” The Rt Rev Dr Iain Greenshields, 68, Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, stayed with the Queen the weekend before she passed after he had performed a sermon at Braemar and Crathie Parish Church.
Greenshields has since revealed that Her Majesty appeared to be in quite good spirits at this time, joking that she would send him to the Tower of London, and telling him about her time at Balmoral as a child.
Appearing on ABC News, Greenshields opened up further about the last weekend with the Queen, and discussed how important her Christian faith had been to 70 year reign.
He said: “She said right at the beginning of her time when she was becoming Queen that she was going to ask God for wisdom. “And that's something which persisted throughout her life. “When I was chatting to her about her faith, she said she had no regrets at all.” Greenshields has said that while the late monarch appeared somewhat frail, he had no idea that he would end up visiting her in her final days. “It seemed just astonishing that the woman who had been so vital, so alive, so engaging, should be all of a sudden, dead and away from us,” the clergyman added.
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