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Queen Elizabeth suffered a series of setbacks during the 90s, and she feared a new problem would appear \u201cround every corner\u201d.<\/p>\n
The 95-year-old monarch suffered a series of setbacks in the 90s, including Prince Charles\u2019 divorce from Princess Diana and a fire at Windsor Castle \u2013 and it took her a long time to overcome a sense of dread.<\/p>\n
In \u201cQueen Of Our Times: The Life Of Elizabeth II\u201d \u2013 extracts of which have been published in the Mail on Sunday newspaper \u2013 Charles Anson, who was a royal press secretary at the time, explained: \u201cIt took a long time to get rid of that sense that, round every corner, lay a new problem.\u201d<\/p>\n
Princess Diana died in a car accident in August 1997, at the age of 36.<\/p>\n
And the Queen played a crucial role in the royal family\u2019s response to the tragedy.<\/p>\n
Lord Airlie, the Earl of Airlie, told Lieutenant-Colonel Malcolm Ross and his colleagues at the time: \u201cI said, \u2018The one thing is this \u2013 don\u2019t look at a file. This has to be de novo.\u2019 In other words, this had to be done quite differently.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lord Airlie subsequently wrote a memo to the Queen outlining a general plan for Diana\u2019s funeral.<\/p>\n
He says now: \u201cFor instance, the importance of catching and reflecting the public mood of \u2018the people\u2019s Princess\u2019, and ensuring that the ceremony was not overwhelmed by officialdom. I felt, too, that the procession of the coffin to Westminster Abbey should break with tradition and be somewhat radical.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Queen then gave the go-ahead to a royal funeral that broke with tradition.<\/p>\n
Recalling the Queen\u2019s reaction to the \u201cradical\u201d suggestions, Lord Airlie said: \u201cThe answer came back, saying, \u2018Go ahead.\u2019 So that let Malcolm Ross and his chaps get on with the job, which they did brilliantly.\u201d<\/p>\n
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