Queen hid ill health in ‘military-style operation’

In “Our King,” British journalist Robert Jobson associated the “massive effort” made by the 96-year-old monarch to mark her 70 years on the throne throughout the four-day celebration in June, The New York Post studies.

“On her insistence, a military-style exercise was put in place so that no one could see she was having to use a wheelchair,” Jobson writes, in accordance with an excerpt obtained by the Daily Mail.

“In considerable discomfort, Her Majesty was taken by wheelchair to the helicopter pad at Windsor. At the palace, she was wheeled right up to the balcony doors, then helped to her feet so that she could stand — with the aid of a walking stick — alongside Charles and Camilla, plus William and his family.”

Jobson writes that the queen didn’t really feel “strong enough” to attend the occasion, which featured tens of hundreds paying their respects for her lengthy rule. But she rallied, inspired by her son Prince Charles, who “implored her to make a massive effort.”

“After a fireworks display, the Queen smiled with delight,” mentioned Jobson. “It was her last salute to her people.”

The longest-reigning monarch in British historical past was unable to hitch her household at different Jubilee occasions, together with a thanksgiving service at St. Paul’s Cathedral.

The service was attended by Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, who had been loudly booed throughout their first joint royal look after leaving their royal duties in 2020 and fleeing to California.

The Queen additionally skipped a derby and social gathering at Buckingham Palace, the place a prerecorded video sketch with Paddington Bear was the spotlight of the night, in accordance with the guide.

Queen Elizabeth died on September 8, three months after her Jubilee.

This article initially appeared within theNew York Post and was reproduced right here with permission.