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However, the way they spent their final years together might not be what you expect.
“As they tried to comfort the Queen, the Queen was comforting them,” writes Brandreth.
“It helped that Elizabeth was accustomed to her own company.
Even when her husband was alive, she had so often spent evenings on her own.”
Only after the prince’s funeral did the queen allow herself to grieve privately in her sitting room.
Rather than immerse herself in grief, the queen went on with her life.
