‘I was so shocked,’ Liz Truss says as she reveals Queen’s parting words to her in their final meeting
Lifting the lid on their first and final meeting as Monarch and premier, Truss says: “She talked a lot about all of the issues that were going on, all of the issues in the PM's inbox.COP'S AGONYShe writes the monarch was "standing up as she greeted me in her drawing room".Truss continued: "I was told she'd made a special effort to do so but she gave no hint of discomfort throughout our discussion.
She adds: "I knew I'd never forget my last meeting with Her Majesty - and especially what she said towards the end of our talk in her drawing room. Her time in office also included a 10-day national mourning period for the Queen's death, when politics was paused.It meant King Charles was already set for his second Prime Minister just six weeks after ascending to the throne.
But the mini-budget, unveiled four days after the Queen's funeral, with its plans to abolish the top rate of income tax for the highest earners sent the markets into turmoil. She recalls being "overcome by a profound sense of sadness" and breaking down in "floods of tears on the sofa" when watching the Queen’s coffin return to London the following weekend.She spent her final hours in the bosom of her family, in the place she was the most at home.The Queen spent three months every summer at the Scottish castle and would “kick off her shoes” and relax.
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