“I had known for a year or more that she had a form of bone cancer, and her doctors were worried that at any time she could enter a sharp decline,” Johnson wrote in an excerpt obtained by the Daily Mail.
Before their meeting, Johnson claimed the Queen’s private secretary, Edward Young, warned him that her health had “gone down quite a bit over the summer.”
Boris Johnson claims Queen Elizabeth III had a “form of bone cancer” before her death. Getty Images The former U.K. Prime Minister visited the late monarch just days before she died. Getty Images
“She seemed pale and more stooped, and she had dark bruising on her hands and wrists, probably from drips or injections,” Johnson wrote.
He continued, “But her mind – as Edward had also said – was completely unimpaired by her illness, and from time to time in our conversation she still flashed that great white smile in its sudden mood-lifting beauty.”
Johnson claimed he “had known for a year or more” about the Queen’s alleged diagnosis. Samir Hussein The former politician said the late monarch appeared “pale and more stooped” with “dark bruising on her hands and wrists” during their final meeting. POOL/AFP via Getty Images
According to Johnson, the Queen “had known all summer that she was going, but was determined to hang on and do her last duty” by overseeing the “peaceful and orderly transition” of power from him to his successor Liz Truss.
Johnson, the former leader of the Conservative Party, formally resigned from his position during their meeting.
He was the 14th prime minister of Queen Elizabeth’s historic 70-year reign.
However, he said she was still in good spirits despite her waning health. Getty Images The former mayor of London said Her Majesty’s mind was “completely unimpaired by her illness.” Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images
The former Mayor of London also shared the “crucial” — and final — piece of advice she offered him.
“‘There’s no point in bitterness,’ she said, and amen to that. If everyone in politics – and life – could see that as clearly as she did, the world would be a much, much happier place.”
Buckingham Palace did not immediately respond to Page Six’s request for comment.
The queen died just days after their meeting at the age of 96. Getty Images For Buckingham Palace Johnson recounted their meeting at Buckingham Palace in his new memoir, “Unleashed.” Getty Images
He explained that the diagnosis “would explain her tiredness and weight loss and those ‘mobility issues’ we were often told about during the last year or so of her life.”
Her cause of death was listed as “old age.” Getty Images King Charles II took over the throne after her passing. AFP via Getty Images
However, the Queen’s offical cause of death was listed as “old age” and the palace has never disclosed any other medical records.
Following the monarch’s death, her eldest son, King Charles III, 75, ascended the throne.
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