It has been revealed that The Queen spent the final few days of her life strategising future plans for her racehorses.
John Warren, who served as The Queen’s bloodstock and racing manager, revealed that he spent the weekend before her death at Balmoral Castle formalising future plans for her horses.
Speaking to the Press Association, Mr Warren said: “We sat there for hours over the weekend strategising and making plans going forward.
“She was in such a healthy state of mind and in tremendous form.
“It’s very important to know that she was absolutely, wonderfully switched on.”
Mr Warren said that he was pleased that Her late Majesty was surrounded by her family members at Balmoral.
He said: “She really loved having them right there with her and being able to talk about her horses and her love for her horses right to the very end.”
Mr Warren left Balmoral on Monday afternoon ahead of Her Majesty appointing Liz Truss as Prime Minister.
He said: “I left her on Monday afternoon, the prime ministers were coming in on the Tuesday, she had a winner on the Tuesday.
“On the Tuesday evening she was in really good form, delighted she had had a winner, and talked about the prime ministers coming in and out, and I can hardly believe it possible that within less than 48 hours the Queen had died.”
Love Affairs was The Queen’s final ever winner. Trained by Clive Cox and ridden by Adam Kirby, the two-year-old won a Nursery Handicap at Goodwood.
