Queen 'loved Balmoral and made her choice to end her days there,' expert claims

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The Queen “knew” she would never come back from Balmoral and wanted to die there, a royal expert has said.Katie Nicholl, royal correspondent for Vanity Fair magazine, says that the late Queen knew the end was coming, and had decided she wanted to spend her last days in the Aberdeen estate that she loved.Speaking to the BBC’s Huw Edwards, Katie said Her Majesty 'knew she wasn't going to come back [to Windsor Castle or Buckingham Palace], I think she wanted to be in Balmoral and she wanted to pass there".READ MORE: How the Queen used everyday objects to send secret signals to staff when she wanted to goShe added that at Balmoral, Her Majesty felt she could be could be just a “mother, grandmother and great-grandmother” and had chosen to to end her days in a place where she could “leave her crown at the gates”.Mr Edwards, who emotionally broke the news of Her Majesty’s death on BBC News last week, said the Queen’s journey to Balmoral spoke volumes really about the fact that she was very comfortable to be in Balmoral… somewhere where she was happy to be with lots of good memories.Katie said that the Queen had undertaken that final journey because she was, among her other many titles, “she was the Queen of Scots” and she “wanted this to be part of her homecoming, her ultimate homecoming”.“I actually think there's a bit of her that knew she wasn't going to come back.

I think she wanted to be in Balmoral and she wanted to pass there.“And the fact that she did peacefully is actually a blessing in all of this."Balmoral held a great many happy memories for The Queen.In the 2016 documentary, Our Queen at Ninety, Princess Eugenie said that Balmoral is “the most beautiful place on earth,” adding “I think [The Queen] is most happy.