Queen Elizabeth II was writing daily entries in her personal diary right up until her death. According to royal writer Robert Hardman in his updated biography, Charles III: New King. New Court.
The Inside Story , on September 6, 2022, two days before she died, the Queen wrote in her personal journal, “Edward came to see me.” She jotted this note down while stationed in her beloved Balmoral , located in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, where she chose to spend her final days until her passing on September 8, 2022. The monarch was referring to her private secretary Sir Edward Young , who at the time was helping her to make arrangements for the swearing-in of former Prime Minister Liz Truss .
Truss, 49, was the shortest-serving prime minister in British history, stepping down from her position in October 2022 after just one month in office. Queen Elizabeth appointed Truss in September from Balmoral, which was her late Majesty’s final public engagement before her death at 96. “It transpires that she was still writing it at Balmoral two days before her death,” Hardman wrote in his biography, as reported by the Telegraph .
“Her last entry was as practical as ever.” Hardman wrote in his book, “It could have been describing another normal working day starting in the usual way — ‘Edward came to see me’ — as she noted the arrangements which her private secretary, Sir Edward Young, had made for the swearing-in of the new ministers of the Truss administration.” Elizabet.