This is how Queen Elizabeth II coped with husband's death: She watched…

Queen Elizabeth II: The author claimed that Queen Elizabeth III was determined to be with Philip, her beloved husband of 73 years, when he died.

A new book revealed details about late monarch Queen Elizabeth II and her last months. The book ‘Elizabeth: An Intimate Portrait’ by Gyles Brandreth revealed she suffered “post-natal side effects” after the birth of Prince Andrew.

Queen Elizabeth II: Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-serving monarch in British history. (AFP)

The author also claimed that Queen Elizabeth III was determined to be with Philip, her beloved husband of 73 years, when he died, barely leaving his side in the last few weeks of his life.

However, the book says the Queen told a lady-in-waiting Philip would not have approved if she descended into self-pity after his death.

Queen Elizabeth II, then, consoled herself by watching television series such as gritty crime drama Line of Duty “to keep her spirits up”. But she sometimes struggled to keep up with the plot of many of the shows and disliked “mumbled dialogues” in some.

Gyles Brandreth, who was a confidant of Philip’s and is a good friend of Queen Consort Camilla also described how the late monarch’s health deteriorated in the autumn of last year and declined rapidly in the last few months of her life.

“The truth is that Her Majesty always knew that her remaining time was ­limited. She accepted this with all the good grace you’d expect," he said.

The monarch reluctantly accepted doctors’ advice to slow down, saying, “I’ve got to be sensible.”

The book also supports the accounts of others who said the monarch remained supportive of the Duke of York after his disgrace over the Jeffrey Epstein scandal.