The Queen was not with Prince Philip when he died despite barely leaving his side in the last week of his life, a royal biography has claimed.
In his latest book 'Elizabeth: An Intimate Portrait', author and broadcaster Gyles Brandreth writes that when the Duke of Edinburgh retired in 2017, he and the Queen would regularly go for weeks without seeing each other.
While they kept in touch on the phone all the time, the late monarch understood Philip's wish "not to be fussed over" as he wanted to "see out his days in his own way".
