Baptism of fire as UK PM wrestles with queen's death

- an event, at the royal estate of Balmoral in Scotland, that yielded the monarch's last official photograph.

"In that audience, she was as radiant and as knowledgeable and as fascinated by politics as ever I can remember, and as wise in her advice as anyone I know, if not wiser," he said. The debate was interrupted after she and opposition leaders were discreetly handed notes, informing them that the queen's health had taken a serious turn for the worse.About four hours later, Truss was told of her death by Buckingham Palace, according to Downing Street - two hours before the nation and world were informed.

The queen was just 25 when she succeeded her father in 1952. By her own admission, Elizabeth relied on Churchill to help her fulfil the constitutional duties attendant on the monarch.

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