Boris Johnson remembers what his last meeting with Queen Elizabeth II was like
In the excerpt from his memoir, titled Unleashed, Boris Johnson shows the great admiration and respect he felt for the Queen Elizabeth IIof whom he highlighted that, even in their last official meeting and which occurred two days before the death of the monarch, she was lucid and in good spirits, in contrast to the obvious physical deterioration that she presented and about which he warned her. Sir Edward Young, private secretary of the sovereign.
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Of that day, Johnson writes in the text, “I could immediately see what Edward wanted to say,” as he sat in front of Isabel II and note the havoc that her state of health had caused on the body of the queen, who was 96 years old.
In the last days of her life, Elizabeth II’s poor physical condition was evident, but her mind and good humor were intact.
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“She seemed pale and more hunched over, and had dark bruises on her hands and wrists, probably from serums or injections,” it reads. However, he adds, that Isabel’s mind was “completely intact despite her illness” and that He smiled on several occasions during their conversation.
Boris Johnson and his wife at the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II
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Boris Johnson He described the weekly audiences he had with the queen during his years as prime minister as “more than a privilege.”
“It was a balm, a form of free psychotherapy. It was like being at school and having a very dear grandmother take you to tea,” says the politician, who in these meetings spoke with the monarch about essential issues for British society, such as Brexit (and surely Megxit, too. ), the Covid-19 pandemic and the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
