Princess Anne’s heartbreaking 11-word comment to King Charles before Queen’s…
Princess Anne had to make a devastating phone call to King Charles the day before their mother, Queen Elizabeth, passed away, according to a royal author. Robert Hardman’s latest book Charles III. New King. New Court. The Inside Story explores the monarch’s initial two years of reign, which began with the tragic loss of his mother.
Speaking to Kate Thornton on the Royal Beat, Robert shared the distressing call Anne made to Charles just prior to her passing. Robert said: “That was the moment Princess Royal rang up the [then] Prince of Wales and said ‘Look, I think you need to come up here [to Balmoral Castle where she was staying] tomorrow, things are taking a bit of a turn for the worse’.”
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He further noted that while there might have been an urge for the now-King Charles to travel that evening, it would have triggered too many alarm bells.
Robert explained that people would have grown suspicious as to why so many engagements had been cancelled. He continued: “It was really interesting talking to a lot of the team around him [King Charles] and around the Queen was this sense of well if he comes it is that sending out signals because first of all he’s got to cancel a load of engagements and very soon it’ll be known he’s here, that sets all sorts of bells going.
Royal biographer Robert has delved deeper into the Royal Family’s internal dynamics and revealed to insiders how Queen Elizabeth’s inability to join a virtual Privy Council session raised suspicions within No10.
Liz Truss had just taken over as Prime Minister amidst a whirlwind of bureaucratic changes that typically accompany a new government leader.
Drawing insights from conversations with figures like Truss, Penny Mordaunt, and ex-Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, Robert highlighted the pivotal event, saying: “What really set alarm bells going was there was due to be a Privy Council meeting that evening and clearly she wasn’t going to come down to London for it but they were going to do it by audio link.
Recounting the critical moments he said: “There’s always a big Privy Council meeting soon after you appoint a new prime minister. So this was all linked up to Downing Street, all the privy councillors are all lined up outside the Cobra briefing room under No10.
“Both Penny Mordaunt and Liz Truss said suddenly they got the message just before they’re all about to go in and start this Privy Council meeting [that] it’s not happening, the Queen can’t do it and that was the moment everyone thought ‘Right, ok, this is very unusual, we are now officially alarmed.
