When the late Queen Elizabeth died, it marked the end of an era for the royal family and the country. As Britain’s longest-reigning monarch, Elizabeth spent almost her entire adult life on the throne and performed many state duties until her death at the age of 96.
Even in her later years, she performed many tasks, such as welcoming Liz Truss as the new Prime Minister and appointing her to be responsible for forming a government, but there were signs of her deteriorating health long before her death. Royal told experts.
In his posthumous book on the late monarch, Giles Brandreth, royal author and former member of parliament, argues that signs of her deteriorating health appeared more than a year before her death.
In 2021, just months after the death of her husband of 73 years, Prince Philip, the Queen experienced a sudden and significant drop in energy, experts explained.
The medical team then gave her strict instructions to rest and attend some important appointments that the late Queen really wanted to attend.
“In the autumn of 2021, she suddenly experienced a ‘low energy’. She felt exhausted. Doctors told her to ‘get some rest, not push yourself too hard and take it easy,'” the royal expert wrote.
“She was due to attend Cop26, the climate change conference in Glasgow, in person on 1 November but had to record a video message instead. She also had hoped to attend the Festival of Remembrance at the Royal Albert Hall and the Remembrance Sunday service at the Cenotaph (dates which were fixed on the calendar), but these were abandoned.”
Ms Brandreth, who reportedly met the Queen when she was younger and has known her personally for decades, added: “It was amazing. For the last decade she not only continued her work as monarch but also actively participated in modern life.
She had her own mobile phone and kind grandchildren who were happy to show her how it worked. She understood how to send text messages but was quite overwhelmed by apps. And under no circumstances would she allow her grandchildren to bring their ‘household appliances’ to the dinner table.”