Queen Elizabeth Reportedly Didn’t See Prince Philip For Weeks

Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip — Image Credit: Shutterstoceen E

British Royalty. Future Queen of England Princess Elizabeth and Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten (future Duke of Edinburgh Prince Philip), offical engagement photo, 1947.
Historical Collection — Image Credit: Shutterstoceen E

Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip apparently didn’t see one another for weeks at a time after his 2017 retirement. The late monarch, who died earlier this 12 months, and the late Duke of Edinburgh, who died in 2021, would nonetheless hold involved “regularly” by cellphone throughout these occasions, a brand new ebook known as Elizabeth: An Intimate Portrait, which was obtained by Daily Mail, claims.

Gyles Brandreth, the writer of the ebook, additionally reportedly wrote that the Queen understood that her and Philip’s association might need appeared odd to others, however she knew he didn’t need “to be fussed over” and needed to “see out his days in his own way.” Gyles reportedly went on to clarify that the couple had discovered a brand new appreciation for one another in the course of the COVID pandemic lockdown in 2020, once they frolicked in Scotland and at Windsor Castle. The Queen was additionally apparently decided to be by Philip’s aspect when he handed.

Philip’s demise on the age of 99 introduced the Queen “intense personal grief” however she felt it was her “Christian duty” to hold on, the ebook states. In addition to engaged on her royal duties, she would reportedly get by way of her days by watching tv, together with the British cop sequence, Line of Duty. She insisted on not slowing down till final fall, when she started to have low vitality and medical doctors suggested that she take it simple, the ebook claims.

“My husband would certainly not have approved,” Her Majesty would typically say, in response to Gyles. The Queen continued on together with her appearances, however missed a couple of over the past 12 months she was alive. Her final public look was on the finale of her Platinum Jubilee in June 2022. She handed away on the age of 96 after being the Queen for 70 years.

At the time of her demise, the Queen’s oldest son, Charles, who was the Prince of Cornwall, grew to become King Charles when he acceded the throne on the age of 73. His oldest son, William, who was the Prince of Wales, grew to become the brand new Prince of Cornwall.