'Amused' Queen Mother scotches death rumours
The Times | 10.09.2001 02:31
Call off the street parties, the old hag is still alive. Still it is only a matter of time before she kicks the bucket so hang on to your 'Queen Mum: Good Riddance' stickers - it won't be long.
The Times - Monday September 10 2001
'Amused' Queen Mother scotches death rumours
By Helen Studd
QUEEN Elizabeth the Queen Mother has been "amused" by rumours of her demise, a member of her staff said yesterday - so amused that she made a point of proving them wrong by turning out for church with her family near Balmoral. "She is determined to show her public that they were 100 per cent untrue," the staff member said.
Although looking frail, the Queen Mother smiled and waved to wellwishers who gathered in the mist and rain outside Crathie Kirk. Clutching a walking stick in her right hand and the handrail in her left she waved aside offers of support and climbed the steps to a side entrance unaided. She was still smiling when she left the church an hour later and waved enthusiastically from her Daimler.
The rumours had spread last week after the Daily Mail reported that the Prince of Wales had cancelled a holiday with Camilla Parker Bowles because he was so concerned about his grandmother. They reached such a pitch that Buckingham Palace had to reassure inquirers that she was in good heart and enjoying her holiday.
Less than two months ago the Queen Mother had anaemia and underwent a blood transfusion. Her aides said that she was doing "remarkably well for a woman of such a great age". She has spent the past week entertaining guests at her Birkhall residence on the Balmoral estate.
'Amused' Queen Mother scotches death rumours
By Helen Studd
QUEEN Elizabeth the Queen Mother has been "amused" by rumours of her demise, a member of her staff said yesterday - so amused that she made a point of proving them wrong by turning out for church with her family near Balmoral. "She is determined to show her public that they were 100 per cent untrue," the staff member said.
Although looking frail, the Queen Mother smiled and waved to wellwishers who gathered in the mist and rain outside Crathie Kirk. Clutching a walking stick in her right hand and the handrail in her left she waved aside offers of support and climbed the steps to a side entrance unaided. She was still smiling when she left the church an hour later and waved enthusiastically from her Daimler.
The rumours had spread last week after the Daily Mail reported that the Prince of Wales had cancelled a holiday with Camilla Parker Bowles because he was so concerned about his grandmother. They reached such a pitch that Buckingham Palace had to reassure inquirers that she was in good heart and enjoying her holiday.
Less than two months ago the Queen Mother had anaemia and underwent a blood transfusion. Her aides said that she was doing "remarkably well for a woman of such a great age". She has spent the past week entertaining guests at her Birkhall residence on the Balmoral estate.
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