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The Queen left behind 2 letters before her death

The book describes the last “red box” that went to the Queen before her death. The “red box” is a box that contains important information for the monarch, including government papers, documents, and more.

The author wrote, “It was the last one that had gone up to the Queen before her death. Like all red boxes, it had just two keys, one for the monarch and the other for her duty private secretary.”

Inside the final red box were apparently 2 letters, one to her son, the future King Charles, and one to her private secretary Sir Edward Young.

The author continued, “We will probably never know what they said. However, it is clear enough that the Queen had known that the end was imminent and had planned accordingly. Were they final instructions or final farewells? Or both?. Elizabeth II had been completing her own last pieces of unfinished business.”

Her final hours

In the hours before the Queen passed, “the Princess Royal [Princess Anne] called…and told Prince Charles to come at once. A helicopter was already on standby at Dumfries House, waiting to take the Duchess of Cornwall to engagements in other parts of Scotland.”

When they arrived by helicopter to Balmoral, “They were greeted at the door by Princess Anne, who escorted the Prince and Duchess straight to the Queen’s bedroom, where they spent an hour at her side.”

The author wrote, “By now, there had been another visit from [the Queen's doctor] Dr Glass. It was clear that this was no false alarm. At the same time, the Queen seemed ­stable. According to one of those involved, the consensus was ‘a day or two, not an hour or two.’”

The author added, “Once Prince Charles had spoken to his elder son, Prince William‘s team had immediately liaised with the offices of his two uncles [Prince Andrew & Prince Edward].”