Queen Elizabeth's final diary entry written two days before her death surfaces

Queen Elizabeth II's final diary entry, which was written two days before her death on September 8, 2022, has been revealed. The entry was released in an updated version of Robert Hardman's book Charles III: New King. New Court. The Inside Story. which was released on November 7.

Her Majesty kept a diary recording the day's events throughout her 70-year reign and continued to do so until her last days. Hardman wrote in the book, "It transpires that she was still writing it at Balmoral two days before her death."

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"Her last entry was as factual and practical as ever," he added.

The five-word entry read: "Edward came to see me."

The late Queen was referring to Sir Edward Young, her private secretary, who was helping her to make arrangements for the swearing-in of the newly selected Prime Minister Liz Truss' ministers.

The Queen's meeting with Truss would become her final public engagement before her passing.

Her Majesty's diary was more a log of the events likely to help her remember what happened on any given day, rather than a place for introspection. It could also be used to serve as an archive for historians for the future.

"I have no time to record conversations, only events," Queen Elizabeth once told society diarist Kenneth Rose.

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The Sun has previously reported that a former member of the royal household revealed she uses a fountain pen with black ink, and each diary was marked with her cypher and numbered with a Roman numeral. The diaries were also leather-bound, and writing in the diary was the last thing she did "no matter how late the hour or how weary she may be".

"It is an unmissable duty, and she writes at a desk, never in bed," they add.

King Charles reportedly also keeps a journal but "doesn't write great narrative diaries like he used to," a senior courtier told Hartman, adding that he "scribbles down his recollections and reflections" at the end of the day.

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