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    Charles learned Queen died while ‘driving back to Balmoral from picking mushrooms’

    by Holly Evans Jan 13, 2024 2 minutes
    Source: PA

    The King was informed of his mother’s death at the wheel of his car after leaving her side in Balmoral to pick mushrooms, a new book has revealed.

    Charles pulled over while his most senior aide took the call, before he was addressed as “Your Majesty” for the first time.

    At the time, he was returning to the’s residence after foraging for mushrooms in a bid to “clear his head”, after spending a final hour at the late Queen’s bedside.

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