The secret that only people from the “Circle of Help” knew “
According to Barrell, Queen Elizabeth II found out that she had cancer “only a few months later” after death Her husband, Prince Philip, who died in April 2021. Ex-Dvoretsky notes that the news was a “crushing blow” for the queen, but heAnd she did not tell anyone about this outside her “confidence circle”, which included “pages, footmen and dressers.”
Two reasons that made the queen keep his mouth shut
While the doctors predicted that Elizabeth II lives only until the end of 2021, none of the family was aware of this. According to the author of the book, hiding her diagnosis, the queen, firstly, did not want the loved ones to be worried, and, secondly, to her The disease opened the way to the regency.
I agreed with death
Upon learning that she had cancer, the queen asked the doctors to do everything possible so that she could celebrate her platinum anniversary -The 70th anniversary of the coronation. D.La maintaining the health of the queen made a blood transfusion, and she herself observed all the prescriptions of the doctors, abandoning her favorite alcoholic beverages, replacing them with apple and tomato juice. All this time she knew that she was dying.
Platinum anniversary
On June 2, 2022, four-day celebrations began in the UK on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the reign of Queen Elizabeth II. In honor of the holiday, four weekends are announced in the country. Thus, Elizabeth II She became the first British monarch to celebrate a platinum anniversary.
The death of the queen
Elizabeth II died on September 8, 2022 at the 97th year of her life, having lived after a platinum anniversary for another three months. Barrell writes in his memoirs that in the last days of her life, the queen felt very bad and was practically riveted to bed. She abandoned further treatment.
The death certificate says that the Queen of Great Britain He died “for natural reasons.”
The author of the new biography of the queen called “Elizabeth: Intimate portrait” Jails Brandret In his book said that in fact she died of a rare form of bone marrow cancer.
The former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson also claims that Elizabeth II suffered from bone cancer in the last years of her life. This was reported to Politico about this in the fall of 2024, citing a fragment from Johnson's memoirs called Unleashed.
Context
Elizabeth II (full name – Elizabeth Alexander Maria) was born in 1926 in London in a royal family.
On February 6, 1952, at the age of 25 after the death of his father, King George VI, Princess Elizabeth received the title of Queen Elizabeth II. The coronation took place on June 2, 1953. This year, Great Britain celebrates the platinum anniversary of her rule.
April 9, 2021 Elizabeth II Owl. Prince Philip, who died at the age of 99, was buried on April 17.
