Queen Elizabeth’s final moments before death revealed in heartbreaking new memo
nypost.comQueen Elizabeth’s death at the age of 96, and now her final moments are being revealed.The last hours of the longest-reigning British monarch in history were recorded by Sir Edward Young, the private secretary of the queen and her most senior staff member.Young was at the Balmoral Castle in Scotland when Her Majesty died on September 8, 2022, at age 96.
He shared what he witnessed in a new biography titled, “Charles III: New King, New Court. The Inside Story.”At the time of her death, she was “very peaceful,” Young notes in the book, according to the Daily Mail. “In her sleep.
Slipped away. Old age. She wouldn’t have been aware of anything. No pain.”In her final hours, the queen had a plethora of visitors in addition to Young.King Charles III, 75, and Queen Camilla, 76, spent an hour with her privately before she died.Her only daughter, Princess Anne, 73, and the queen’s senior dresser and confidante, Angela Kelly, also took turns at her bedside.
Reverend Kenneth MacKenzie, a minister at nearby Crathie Kirk, spent time with the queen and read from the Bible.The memoir was written by the Daily Mail’s highly esteemed royal documentarian Robert Hardman.
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