The doctor, the race car driver and the bridesmaid: Inside Queen Elizabeth’s inner circle

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She was one of the best known faces in the world yet those who truly knew Queen Elizabeth II were among a select few. Kate Halfpenny introduces those who formed the Queen’s inner circle

Queen Elizabeth and Lady Susan Hussey, far right, in 2004.Lady Susan, also known as Baroness Hussey, was by the Queen’s side since she joined the court as a Woman of the Bedchamber employed to answer letters after the 1960 birth of Prince Andrew.

Of all the Queen’s daughters-in-law – Diana, Camilla, Fergie – Prince Edward’s wife Sophie is closest to her. The former PR executive drove to Windsor every few days after Prince Philip’s death to spend socially-distanced time with the Queen. If she couldn’t make the trip, she phoned every day. The monarch “talks to Sophie in the way she used to talk to Princess Margaret”, a royal aide said.

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