The former Prime Minister has told how the Queen had been 'absolutely on it' despite appearing ill
Boris Johnson has recalled his final meeting with the Queen which came just two days before her death was announced. The former Prime Minister has told how the Queen had been “absolutely on it” despite appearing ill.
Mr Johnson has told the BBC: "One of the reasons it was so shocking on the eighth to hear about her death was because in that audience she had been absolutely on it. Just two days before her death. She was actively focused on geopolitics, on UK politics, quoting statesmen from the 50s, it was quite extraordinary.
Despite being forced to issue an apology to the Queen after it was revealed Covid lockdown-busting parties had been held in Downing Street on the eve of the funeral of her husband, Prince Philip, the former PM insisted the issue 'never came up' during his weekly audiences with the Queen.
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