Queen Elizabeth II everything was business in the days before his death.

In fact, the late monarch, who died in 2022 at age 96, pulled no punches and got straight to the point in her final diary entry, according to the royal biographer. Robert Hardmanwho discovered the diary while researching his heir. King Charles III.

“It turns out she was still writing it at Balmoral two days before her death,” Hardman wrote of Queen Elizabeth in his updated biography. Charles III: new king. New Court. The inside story.by The telegraph. “Your last entry was as factual and matter-of-fact as ever.”

True to her custom of recording the day’s great events, rather than writing down her personal thoughts and feelings, Queen Elizabeth wrote: “‘Edward came to see me,'” according to Hardman, referring to Her Royal Majesty’s private secretary. sir edward young.

It is likely that Young was helping Queen Elizabeth make arrangements to swear in the then newly elected Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Liz Truss‘council members, according to Hardman.