Three years on from the de@th of Queen Elizabeth II, a royal insider has shared how the late monarch reacted when she was told she had come to the end of her life.
The insider claimed that when the Queen's doctors informed her that she had a form of bone marrow cancer called multiple myeloma, which meant she did not have long to live, she reacted with her trademark stoicism.
The reported diagnosis is said to have come only weeks after the late Queen lost her husband of 73 years, Prince Philip, in 2021.
Paul Burrell, who worked as a butler for the Windsors, claimed that the doctors taking care of the late Queen initially said she probably wouldn't survive beyond Christmas of 2021.
He has said that the monarch bravely reacted with four simple words, "Well, that's a shame," when she received this sad news at age 95.
However, despite her response, it is said she was shocked to hear that the end of her life was likely so close.
Burrell claims the brave Queen added that it was a pity, "Because next year is my Platinum Jubilee year and I'd quite like to have seen that."
However, the monarch then asked her doctors what they could do to help her fulfill one last request and celebrate with the public at the upcoming jubilee, Burrell claimed, saying that she asked them, "Can you keep me alive for that?"
Burrell said: "She endured blood transfusions and scrupulously followed doctors' orders, giving up her much-loved gin and tonics, gin and Dubonnets and martinis, and instead having apple juice (and tomato juice on a Sunday as a treat) to help extend her life.
"They kept her alive to witness this landmark (Platinum Jubilee) in her reign, but she knew through it all that she was dying."
The late monarch swore those who knew about her health condition to secrecy, and eventually passed away in September 2022 at age 96, months after the doctors' initial prediction.
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