the queen Elizabeth II of England was dying bone canceran illness he kept secret, according to former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson in his memoirs, which will soon be published and of which the British media are already broadcasting preview extracts.
Britain’s longest-reigning monarch was 96 years old. died on September 8, 2022 at Balmoral Castle, Scotland. According to his death certificate, he died of “natural causes,” but Johnson now writes in his memoir, titled “Unleashed,” that he had bone cancer and he was aware that his time was running out.
In an extract from his book, published in media such as “The Mail on Sunday”, the former Prime Minister describes the last time he saw her alive When officially resigneda few days before the death of Elizabeth II.
“Edward Young, his private secretary, tried to groom me,” says Johnson. “I knew for a year or more that I had a pathology of bone cancer, and his doctors feared that at any moment he could experience a sharp decline,” the former prime minister said, according to extracts also published by ‘Newsweek’ magazine.
“‘It got worse over the summer,’ he said. And then the Secretary knocked on the door and ushered me into Her Majesty’s drawing room,” the politician continued. “‘Hello, Prime Minister,’ said the monarch, and as we sat opposite each other on the blue-green sofas, I immediately understood what Edward meant,” said- her, adding: “She appeared pale and more stooped, and had dark bruises on her hands and wrists, probably from the drops or injections.
“But your mindAs Edward had also said, was completely intact because of his illness and from time to time in our conversation, he still showed that big white smile with his sudden beauty which lifted our spirits”, continues the British politician. “As Edward Young explained to me later” , writes Johnson, “she knew everything [sobre su enfermedad] the summer that was going to die, but She was determined to endure and fulfill her final duty“: overseeing the peaceful and orderly transition from one government to the next, and waited to add another outgoing prime minister to his roster.”
The Conservative politician is not the first person to publicly declare that the Queen has cancer. The royal historian Gyles Brandreth He already told it in a book, according to ‘Newsweek’ magazine. Elizabeth II’s death came just two days after she held an audience at Balmoral with the then prime minister. Liz Trusspreceded by another in which Johnson informed him that he was resigning.
