London (Parliament Politics Magazine) – The Late Queen allegedly remarked to amuse a family gathering in Balmoral two days before she passed away in 2022.
The new book by author Tim Shipman which is “Out”, reveals that Queen Elizabeth made a joke about Boris “At least I won’t have that idiot organising my funeral now” after accepting the resignation of Boris Johnson as Prime Minister.
The author also claims that in another comment about Boris’s personality, the late Queen remarked “perhaps better suited to the stage”.
According to a courtier, when Boris’s name was mentioned, the late Elizabeth with a mischievous glint in her eye commented “Well at least I won’t have that idiot organising my funeral now”.
Tim Shipman, author of the book claimed that the late Queen made this comment “to amuse” during a private function of family and close asides at Balmoral just two days before her death.
Shipman writes in his book “The courtier explained that the Queen’s final days had been happy ones”.
“She had enjoyed a gathering of her family and treasured staff two evenings before her death”.
“This, it seems, was said to amuse but it was a widely shared sentiment in the royal household.”
As per the author’s sources, there was “undiluted fury among senior members of the royal family and courtiers” regarding Boris’s decision to adjourn parliament in 2019.
He also writes in his book “The Queen’s reaction was actually more sanguine than some. She thought Johnson a roguish and comic figure and took the disaster in her stride. One senior royal aide characterised her approach as ‘These things happen’.”
In his book, Tim Shipman recounts an alleged conversation between Mr Johnson and King Charles where the king expressed his intention to address the issue of slavery during the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting.
According to sources, Mr Johnson expressed frustration with “woke” ideology and responded to King Charles by replying “I wouldn’t talk about slavery if I were you, or you’ll end up having to sell the Duchy of Cornwall to pay reparations to the people who built the Duchy of Cornwall”. The book of the author “OUT” was published by HarperCollins and published on 21 November, and Queen Elizabeth II was passed on 8 September 2022 at the age of 96.