The content of queen elizabethThe latest diary entry has been revealed in the pages of a royal biography.

The late Queen wrote her last entry just two days before her death at age 96 on September 8, 2022, writes Robert Hardman in the updated version of his book. Charles III: new king. New Court. The inside storywhich came out on November 7th.

While at his beloved Balmoral on September 6, Her Late Majesty, who meticulously kept a diary during her record-breaking 70-year reign, sat, as she always did, recording the events of the day. “It is not surprising that the monarch was diligent in her documentation, even as illness made her increasingly frail,” tatler reported.

The diary entry was simple: “Edward came to see me,” Hardman wrote, referring to Sir Edward Young, his private secretary, who was helping the Queen make arrangements for the swearing-in of the ministers of the newly elected Prime Minister. UK Minister Liz Truss. Truss’s appointment on 6 September would prove to be the Queen’s last public engagement after a lifetime of public service.

“It turns out that he was still writing it at Balmoral two days before his death,” Hardman wrote, according to an excerpt from The telegraph. “Your last entry was as factual and matter-of-fact as ever.”

Queen Elizabeth’s diary was not a place for introspection, but rather a record of events that had occurred throughout her busy days, probably to help her remember what happened on a given day and possibly to serve as an archive of your day to day life. everyday events for historians in the future.

“I don’t have time to record conversations, only events,” Queen Elizabeth once told society journalist Kenneth Rose.

A former member of the royal house said the sun in 2019 that Queen Elizabeth wrote in her diary with a fountain pen and black ink, and that each diary was marked with her cipher and numbered with a Roman numeral. The diaries were bound in leather, and writing in hers was the last act of the day for the late Queen every night “no matter how late it is or how tired she is,” the former member of the royal household said. “It is an unavoidable duty and she writes at a desk, never in bed.”

His son and heir king charles He also keeps a diary, but “he no longer writes big narrative diaries like he used to,” a senior courtier told Hardman. Instead, “write down your memories and reflections” at the end of each day.

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Just over two years after her death, King Charles, 75, spoke about his mother’s passing at Balmoral, located in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, and long a favorite retreat for members of the royal family. at the end of summer.

Addressing the Scottish Parliament on September 30, the King said: “Speaking from a personal perspective, Scotland has always had a uniquely special place in the hearts of my family and me. “My late mother especially treasured her time at Balmoral, and it was there, in the most beloved place, that she chose to spend her final days.”