The Queen died on September 8 at her beloved Balmoral Castle in Scotland. His last weeks were marked by many visits, walks in the fresh air, despite his very weakened condition.
Last summer at Balmoral. Queen Elizabeth II arrived at her Scottish residence in mid-July, exactly on the 21st, as she does every summer. Initially housed in the smaller and more comfortable seven-room Craigowan Lodge on Royal Deeside, he eventually moved to Balmoral Castle, a mile away, on 9 August.
Walks, parties and barbecues… it was just about every other summer at Balmoral. Just a few weeks ago, the sovereign was also seen walking slowly and carefully in the gardens, but in the fresh air. “The Queen has spent her final weeks enjoying the country life she loves,” a source told The Daily Mail. DailyMail: . A rhythm long established by the Queen and her husband, Prince Philip.
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Widely surrounded
At his royal residence this summer, he was accompanied by a handful of loyal staff who were said to have vowed to stay by his side until the end. With him, as usual, was Paul Wawbrew, nicknamed ‘Tall Paul’, and Barry Mitford, his two pages. These regular companions brought him every day Racing Post: (the horse racing magazine he read every morning) and sat down with him to watch the horse races on TV. Angela Kelly, the Queen’s personal seamstress, who has become one of her closest friends in recent months, was also by her side. The fiercely protective Angela, humorously nicknamed “AK47,” wouldn’t let him down. “He was extremely protective and made sure that His Majesty did not do much,” say the sources of our British colleagues.
Parallel to thisthe teamcloser, all the family members came to visit him. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and their three young children, who nicknamed their great-grandmother ‘Gan Gun’, came as usual to end their holidays at Balmoral. The monarch was particularly comforted by the regular presence of his son, Prince Edward, accompanied by his wife, Sophie. Even her late sister Princess Margaret’s two children, Lady Sarah Chatto and David Armstrong-Jones, Earl of Snowdon, made the trip. The only absentees from this family parade are the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, who live in the United States. On September 8, a very late arrival, Prince Harry finally got to see his grandmother before she died. On Tuesday 6 September, Elizabeth II made her last official appearance, hosting Prime Minister Liz Truss at Balmoral.
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Source: Le Figaro
