New Zealand Woman’s Weekly

Our Queen’s Last Days

On September 9, 2022, New Zealanders awoke to the sad news that Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, had died overnight at Balmoral Castle in Scotland, aged 96. Now her final days, and the recollections of those who were there, have been shared in a carefully researched book by esteemed author Robert Hardman.

before her death, the Queen had been planning to travel from Scotland to London by royal train to preside over the resignation of Prime Minister Boris Johnson and appointment of his replacement, Liz

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