The last hours of the queen: only Carlos and Princess Ana arrived in time to see Elizabeth II alive

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The final outcome was very quick, to the point that only

and

, who were in Scotland, arrived in time to see

alive , who died on Thursday afternoon at a time not specified by the

, who has also not given details about the specific cause of his death.

and

stayed by her side in the last moments on her deathbed, according to

.

, who was at the royal residence at

, also joined the small group that bid the queen farewell, along with her personal assistant.

and the medical person.

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Neither his sons

and

, nor his grandsons

and

(who was passing through London after the opening of the

in Germany) were able to arrive on time.

remained in London to respect the privacy of the family and

was left in charge of her three children.

Prince

actually landed in Aberdeen twenty minutes after

reported in a statement that

summer residence

.

Six hours earlier, another terse statement from

announcing that the queen was under "medical supervision" and that doctors were "concerned" about her health set off alarm bells like never before during her occasional relapses since October 2021, when she spent a night in a Londoner for causes not yet specified and with symptoms of fatigue.

's secrecy

, claiming the queen's right to medical privacy, has since sparked speculation about her health.

suspended her official agenda for almost three months and limited her appearances to the maximum thereafter.

In February she contracted Covid and although she apparently recovered, she herself confessed to feeling "very tired" and with

, almost always leaning on her cane.

During the

celebrations , the 96-year-old Queen also suspended her appearance at

's Cathedral on medical advice, although she was still able to appear twice with her close family on the

balcony .

On Tuesday, when she commissioned the new prime minister,

, to form a government, she was photographed with a bruise on her right hand, thinner than normal and apparently in poor health since her arrival at Balmoral Castle on 21 March. July.

His close circle claims to have participated with the queen in country walks and picnics, as he usually does on vacation, although his activity had been reduced in recent days.

On Wednesday she called off her virtual meeting with her private council, and that was the latest sign of her worsening health.

When the entire family rushed to get to their bed in

on time and the BBC interrupted its programming to report up to the minute and live on the Queen's health, despair settled in millions of Britons at the start of the countdown .

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