A clergyman who spent the last weekend at Balmoral with the Queen has revealed the extraordinary admission she made just five days before her death.
Queen Elizabeth II was"so engaging" in her final days and even revealed she had"no regrets at all", a clergyman who saw her just before her death has revealed. The Right Reverend Dr Iain Greenshields, 68, moderator of the Church of Scotland, stayed with the Queen at Balmoral the weekend before she died on September 8.
"When I was chatting to her about her faith she said she had no regrets at all," he said in an interview with ABC News. Stay up to date with the latest news on the British Royals with Flash. 25+ news channels in 1 place. New to Flash? Try 1 month free. Offer ends 31 October, 2022 Queen Elizabeth II smiles during a visit to officially open the new building at Thames Hospice on July 15, 2022. Picture: Getty Images "She had power but she used it in a way that was beneficial to others by serving her country and by doing it so well.""It seemed just astonishing that the woman who had been so vital, so alive, so engaging, should be all of a sudden, dead and away from us," he said. Feeling very honoured and moved to be reading a prayer at Her Majesty The Queen's funeral service in Westminster Abbey today.
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