Liz Truss says Queen Elizabeth told her to 'pace herself' and admits she didn't listen
by Daniel Keane and Jitendra Joshi
Apr 09, 2024
2 minutes
Liz Truss has said that the late Queen told her to “pace herself” when they met during her brief spell as Prime Minister - and admitted that she “should have listened”.
In a new memoir the former PM recalled her final meeting with the monarch in Balmoral in September 2022, just two days before her death.
She wrote of the meeting in an: “We spent around 20 minutes discussing politics. She was completely attuned to everything that was happening, as well as being typically sharp and witty.
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