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Newly revealed diary entry shows Queen Elizabeth's final moments

<p>A previously unseen diary entry from Queen Elizabeth's private secretary has revealed the final moments of the late monarch's life. </p> <p>Sir Edward Young dutifully recorded every moment of the Queen's life, including Her Majesty's last moments at Balmoral surrounded by her family. </p> <p>“Very peaceful,” he wrote. “In her sleep. Slipped away. Old age. She wouldn’t have been aware of anything. No pain.”</p> <p>The private diary entry was lodged in the Royal Archives and has not been made public until now.</p> <p>Queen Elizabeth passed away at the age of 96 on September 8th 2022 at her beloved Balmoral Castle in Scotland, as she was surrounded by the royal family.</p> <p> </p> <p>Others who were by the Queen’s bedside included the Queen’s senior dresser and trusted confidante, Angela Kelly, along with the Rev Kenneth MacKenzie, a minister, who read to her from the Bible.</p> <p>The diary entry comes from a new book <em>Charles III: New King, New Court. The Inside Story</em>, written by royal expert Robert Hardman, who shared other details from the Queen's final moments.</p> <p>The book notes that after King Charles sat by his mother's bedside for hours before her death, he went out to forage mushrooms to clear his head.</p> <p>It was when he was returning to Balmoral Castle that he was informed his mother has died.  </p> <p>After her death, a footman brought a locked red box of paperwork found by her deathbed.</p> <p>In it, were two sealed letters: one to her son and heir, Charles, and the other, addressed to Young.</p> <p>The box also contained her final royal order: her choice of candidates for the prestigious Order of Merit for ‘exceptionally meritorious service’ across the Commonwealth.</p> <p>Hardman writes in the new book, “Even on her deathbed, there had been work to do. And she had done it.”</p> <p><em>Image credits: Getty Images</em></p>

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Meet Duchess Meghan’s dashing new press secretary

<p>There’s a new man in the Duchess of Sussex’s life but it’s not what you think.</p> <p>After being spotted grabbing lunch, people soon noticed that Duchess Meghan was not alone. Instead, she was joined by her new press secretary Christian Jones who sent the internet into a frenzy with his dashing good looks.</p> <p>The royal was seen heading out of an Italian restaurant in London’s Notting Hill with dark-haired Mr Jones by her side, and fans of the former actress could not be more delighted by her choice of staff.</p> <p>People took to Twitter to swoon over the press secretary as they just couldn’t get enough.</p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en-gb"> <p dir="ltr">We need to talk about Meghan Markle's new press secretary. <a href="https://t.co/MdLRG6l06r">pic.twitter.com/MdLRG6l06r</a></p> — Elizabeth Cotignola 🍁 (@LaDiavolina) <a href="https://twitter.com/LaDiavolina/status/1086729839770562561?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">19 January 2019</a></blockquote> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en-gb"> <p dir="ltr">What a hottie!</p> — P zapata (@Pzapata16) <a href="https://twitter.com/Pzapata16/status/1086819201237553153?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">20 January 2019</a></blockquote> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-conversation="none" data-lang="en-gb"> <p dir="ltr">Press secretary is cute!</p> — Gigi (@Ginalichi2) <a href="https://twitter.com/Ginalichi2/status/1086375461339435010?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">18 January 2019</a></blockquote> <p>Others pointed out that Prince Harry may have some competition on his hands.</p> <p>“Careful Harry, Meghan has a new younger handsome man around now,” wrote one person online.</p> <p>“He looks like that guy from Toronto she used to date, #princeharry better watch out!!” another said.</p> <p>But despite his good looks, Prince Harry has nothing to worry about, as he represents both Harry and Meghan along with Prince William and wife Duchess Kate.</p> <blockquote style="background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);" class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned="" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/Bs3Qp2lFpij/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_medium=loading" data-instgrm-version="12"> <div style="padding: 16px;"> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 50%; flex-grow: 0; height: 40px; margin-right: 14px; width: 40px;"></div> <div style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center;"> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px; width: 100px;"></div> <div style="background-color: #f4f4f4; border-radius: 4px; flex-grow: 0; height: 14px; width: 60px;"></div> </div> </div> <div style="padding: 19% 0;"></div> <div style="display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;"></div> <div style="padding-top: 8px;"> <div style="color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;">View this post on Instagram</div> </div> <p style="margin: 8px 0 0 0; padding: 0 4px;"><a style="color: #000; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none; word-wrap: break-word;" rel="noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/p/Bs3Qp2lFpij/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_medium=loading" target="_blank">Duchess Meghan was seen dining Friday night with her and Prince Harry’s new deputy director of communications, Christian Jones. 🤰🏽🍽🇬🇧 #hrhtheduchessofsussex #duchessofsussex #duchessmeghan #meghanmarkle #royalbaby #royalfamily #theroyals #christianjones #london #england</a></p> <p style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;">A post shared by <a style="color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px;" rel="noopener" href="https://www.instagram.com/sebochnak/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_medium=loading" target="_blank"> Susan Bochnak</a> (@sebochnak) on Jan 20, 2019 at 8:41am PST</p> </div> </blockquote> <p>Mr Jones’ official title is Deputy Communications Secretary and he has a lengthy and impressive CV to boot.</p> <p>The young press secretary has worked extensively for the British government, first as the Chief Press Officer at the Treasury from 2014-2016, and then as a speechwriter for the Department for Exiting the European Union.</p> <p>And alongside his wealth of experience, he also knows how to look the part. So, it’s obvious why people around the world have taken to him.</p>

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