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Zoe Forsey

Boris Johnson reveals details of final meeting with 'bright' Queen two days before death

Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson has shared details of his final private audience with the Queen just days before her death, saying she was still "bright and focuses".

The outgoing PM, who was the Monarch's 14th leader, travelled to Balmoral to offer her his resignation following the Tory leadership winner being announced on Monday. He was joined by his wife, Carrie.

Recalling the meeting during an interview with the BBC, he said: "One of the reasons it was so shocking on the eighth to hear about her death was because in that audience she had been absolutely on it. Just two days before her death.

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