Queen Elizabeth wrote two heartbreaking personal letters just before she died - 'she was preparing for the end'
ok.co.ukQueen Elizabeth II wrote two heartbreaking personal letters before she passed away on September 8, 2022 - one for her son, King Charles and another for her top aide.
It has been revealed from an extract of royal biographer Robert Hardman's upcoming book, The Making of a King: King Charles III and the Modern Monarchy, that staff members found the two letters the Queen had written.
In the days following the Queen's death at Balmoral Castle, senior members of staff, led by the monarch's private secretary Sir Edward Young were busy making plans when a footman brought them the Queen's famous red box.
Robert wrote in his book: "It was the last one that had gone up to the Queen before her death." He continued: "Like all red boxes, it had just two keys, one for the monarch and the other for her duty private secretary." When opening the red box, private secretary Sir Edward Young discovered a sealed letter to Charles and a private letter addressed to himself.
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