The daughter of the late Queen Elizabeth II, Princess Anne, has caught the attention of the public with recent comments made in Robert Hardman’s new book The Making of a King: King Charles III and the Modern Monarchy.
Moments after Queen Elizabeth’s passing, Anne was waiting at the Balmoral Castle in Scotland for her brother, King Charles, to arrive. Hardman recalls a senior staffer graciously offered the Princess a hug in these grievous moments.
In the excerpt, Princess Anne responded to the gesture: “There then followed a wry smile. ‘That is the last time that’s going to happen’, the princess announced.”
In the documentary Charles III: The Coronation Year, Princess Anne shared the queen had worried about potentially dying in Scotland and claimed it would be too “difficult” to execute her funeral. When she died, most family members were still in England and quickly rushed over to...
Moments after Queen Elizabeth’s passing, Anne was waiting at the Balmoral Castle in Scotland for her brother, King Charles, to arrive. Hardman recalls a senior staffer graciously offered the Princess a hug in these grievous moments.
In the excerpt, Princess Anne responded to the gesture: “There then followed a wry smile. ‘That is the last time that’s going to happen’, the princess announced.”
In the documentary Charles III: The Coronation Year, Princess Anne shared the queen had worried about potentially dying in Scotland and claimed it would be too “difficult” to execute her funeral. When she died, most family members were still in England and quickly rushed over to...
- 1/21/2024
- by Kylie Schweikert
- Uinterview
The last moments of Queen Elizabeth‘s life were recorded by her former private royal secretary, Sir Edward Young. In a new book, Charles III: New King, New Court, The Inside Story by Robert Hardman, Young shared intimate details of the late monarch’s last moments. He said the queen of the United Kingdom was “peaceful” before she “slipped away.”
Queen Elizabeth’s death was as well documented as her life
Sir Edward Young, the private secretary of the queen and her most senior staff member, documented the last hours of her life and was at Balmoral Castle in Scotland when she died. He shared what he witnessed in a biography titled Charles III: New King, New Court, The Inside Story by Robert Hardman.
Young claims that at the time of Elizabeth’s death, she was “very peaceful.” According to the Daily Mail, which published passages from the book, the monarch died “In her sleep.
Queen Elizabeth’s death was as well documented as her life
Sir Edward Young, the private secretary of the queen and her most senior staff member, documented the last hours of her life and was at Balmoral Castle in Scotland when she died. He shared what he witnessed in a biography titled Charles III: New King, New Court, The Inside Story by Robert Hardman.
Young claims that at the time of Elizabeth’s death, she was “very peaceful.” According to the Daily Mail, which published passages from the book, the monarch died “In her sleep.
- 1/15/2024
- by Lucille Barilla
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Sherlock Holmes's creator wore it. So did your grandfather. Can contemporary fashion and design make Harris cool again?
Spend a stormy December evening in the Outer Hebrides and you'll understand why the locals invented Harris tweed. For centuries, the inhabitants of these remote Scottish isles have handwoven the dense woolen fabric to keep out the biting North Atlantic wind and rain. Outsiders -- stuffy toffs, dusty college profs, Sherlock Holmes creator Arthur Conan Doyle -- adopted it. By the mid-1960s, the foot-powered Hebridean looms were producing as much as 7.6 million meters of cloth every year. Then came the slump. As customers switched to lighter, more modern fabrics, mills were shuttered. By 2008, annual output had sunk to just 500,000 meters.
But on Lewis, an island of moss-coated moors and salmon streams, a startup is weaving a profitable future for the sagging sector, with a client list that ranges from design giants Ralph Lauren,...
Spend a stormy December evening in the Outer Hebrides and you'll understand why the locals invented Harris tweed. For centuries, the inhabitants of these remote Scottish isles have handwoven the dense woolen fabric to keep out the biting North Atlantic wind and rain. Outsiders -- stuffy toffs, dusty college profs, Sherlock Holmes creator Arthur Conan Doyle -- adopted it. By the mid-1960s, the foot-powered Hebridean looms were producing as much as 7.6 million meters of cloth every year. Then came the slump. As customers switched to lighter, more modern fabrics, mills were shuttered. By 2008, annual output had sunk to just 500,000 meters.
But on Lewis, an island of moss-coated moors and salmon streams, a startup is weaving a profitable future for the sagging sector, with a client list that ranges from design giants Ralph Lauren,...
- 6/15/2009
- by Theunis Bates
- Fast Company
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