I met the Queen 40 times - I know why she was so remarkable right up until her death, says expert

THE late Queen was still her incredible self in the lead up to her death, a royal expert who met Her Majesty a massive 40 times has revealed. Queen Elizabeth died “peacefully“ on September 8, 2022 aged 96 - with her final days spent having fun at Balmoral with family. And in the months leading up to her death, the Monarch was the same she always had been, an expert says. Royal historian and biographer Hugo Vickers says he’s met the Queen 40 times between 1968 and 2022 and still remembers the first time like it was yesterday. He also remembers the last just as vividly. Speaking on The Sun’s Royal Exclusive show, Hugo said: “I met the Queen 40 times between 1968 and 2022. “The last time I saw her I was allowed to go and visit her in her opening of Windsor Castle in June of the the year she died. “Now that was very special, I spent 15 minutes with her - she was firing on all cylinders, chatting away. “We talked a lot about