The late Queen Elizabeth II “probably died alone”, according to royal expert Robert Jobson.
In 2022, the world was saddened to hear of the death of the late Queen, who held the title as the longest-reigning British monarch, on September 8.
She died at the age of 96 at her much-beloved home of Balmoral, which is located in Scotland.
On the latest episode of The Royal Beat, Mr Jobson claimed the family weren’t expecting her passing to happen so suddenly.
He said: “There were a lot of arguments going on at that particular time because [The Palace] didn’t want it to be known
that… Her Majesty probably died alone.”
Mr Jobson added: “When [King Charles] flew in from Dumfries House, Princess Anne was already there and they expected The [late] Queen – although she was fading and her life was ebbing away – had days, maybe a week or so.
“And that’s why there was probably a delay in the rest of the members of the Royal Family coming up.”
The late Queen’s two other children – Prince Andrew and Prince Edward – also later made their way to Balmoral.
Mr Jobson continued: “They could have gone up in the morning, [but] they went up in the afternoon and as a result they didn’t get to see the Queen while she was alive. I think it caught a lot of people on the hop.”
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle happened to be in the UK at the same time as his beloved grandmother’s death.
The couple, who were without their two children, were on a short working trip but extended their visit after learning of the Queen’s declining health.
Harry opened up about the late monarch’s death in his bombshell memoir, Spare – which was released just four months after her death.
In Spare, Harry said that he received a text from his wife Meghan as he made his way to Balmoral.
Harry wrote: “When the plane started to descend I saw that my phone lit up. It was a message from Meg [that read] ‘Call me when you get this’.”
The Duke of Sussex also stated that he had seen the news of the late Queen’s death via the BBC website, with author Robert Hardman referring to this account as untrue in his new book, ‘Charles III: New King. New Court. The Inside Story’.
Mr Hardman wrote: “A member of the Palace staff says that the King had been urgently trying to make contact with his younger son.” The official reportedly said that “no calls were going through because Harry was airborne”.
