She had a warm sense of familiarity that may be impossible to replicate, but few people rarely knew what it was like to be with Queen Elizabeth II one on one.
The UK's longest reigning monarch died peacefully at Balmoral on Thursday afternoon, aged 96, prompting an outpouring of love and grief from people across the globe.
She was adored by so many, but so few ever had the privilege of knowing her like the country's past Prime Ministers - who caught a rare glimpse into the real woman behind the crown.
