Queen Elizabeth II battled ‘a form of bone cancer’ before her death, Boris Johnson claims in new book
nypost.comQueen Elizabeth II was battling bone cancer before her death, according to a new book. Former U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson detailed in his memoir, “Unleashed,” his final meeting with the late monarch, who passed away on September 8, 2022, at 96.In an excerpt obtained by Daily Mail and published on Sept.
28, Johnson wrote, “I had known for a year or more that she had a form of bone cancer, and her doctors were worried that at any time she could enter a sharp decline.” The ex-London leader claimed that the Queen’s private secretary, Sir Edward Young, said, “She’s gone down quite a bit over the summer,” before he entered his outgoing audience as prime minister with her. “Unleashed” hits shelves in the U.K.
on Oct. 10 and will be released in the U.S. on Oct. 22. Boris is not the first to discuss the Queen’s alleged cancer battle.
Royal reporter Robert Jobson disclosed details in his book, “Catherine, the Princess of Wales: A Biography of the Future Queen,” that Elizabeth II felt “terribly frail” owing to a battle with a type of bone marrow cancer known as myeloma.Elizabeth II’s health “deteriorated rapidly” in the three months after her June 2022 Platinum Jubilee celebrations, which marked her 70 years on the throne. “She struggled terribly with her eyesight and had low vision,” Jobson was told.
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