{"id":1991132,"date":"2025-09-01T12:25:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T12:25:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1991132"},"modified":"2025-09-01T12:25:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T12:25:12","slug":"boris-tried-to-meet-queen-when-he-had-covid-the-most-explosive-claims-in-new-royal-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/boris-tried-to-meet-queen-when-he-had-covid-the-most-explosive-claims-in-new-royal-book\/","title":{"rendered":"Boris tried to meet Queen when he had Covid \u2013 the most explosive claims in new royal book"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The late <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/uk.news.yahoo.com\/queen-elizabeth-ii-remainer-book-224132859.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Queen\u2019s political leanings;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">Queen\u2019s political leanings<\/a> and Queen Camilla\u2019s experience of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/uk.news.yahoo.com\/queen-camilla-fought-off-sexual-215922452.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:fighting off a sexual assault;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">fighting off a sexual assault<\/a> on a train as a teenager are among several eye-opening claims made in a new royal book.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Penned by former <em>Times<\/em> royal correspondent Valentine Low, <em>Power And The Palace<\/em> aims to expose the behind-closed-doors relationship between the monarchy and the government through interviews with a series of senior politicians, civil servants, and royal aides.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Released on 11 September, the book is already making headlines after a number of claims have emerged through excerpts printed in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.com\/life-style\/celebrity\/article\/camilla-was-assaulted-as-a-teenager-what-the-queen-told-boris-johnson-66zxg328q\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:The Times;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><em>The Times<\/em><\/a> ahead of publication.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"mb-4 text-xl font-bold md:text-2xl\"><strong>1. The Queen \u2018fought off sexual assault\u2019 on train<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/camilla-boris-johnson-sunday-times-london-clarence-house-b2817471.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Queen Camilla;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Queen Camilla<\/a> fought off a sexual assault by a stranger on a train when she was a schoolgirl, according to Low\u2019s new book.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal dialogue\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Queen Camilla has long campaigned against sexual and domestic violence (PA Wire)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Disclosed in a conversation with <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/uk.news.yahoo.com\/carrie-johnson-shares-family-photos-140749289.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Boris Johnson;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">Boris Johnson<\/a>, the Queen told of how she took off her shoe and \u201cwhacked him in the nuts\u201d with her heel before reporting the incident to the police when she arrived.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Mr Johnson\u2019s former communications director Guto Harri told Mr Low: \u201cShe was on a train going to Paddington \u2014 she was about 16, 17 \u2014 and some guy was moving his hand further and further\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Mr Harri said after Mr Johnson asked what she did next, Camilla had replied: \u201cI did what my mother taught me to. I took off my shoe and whacked him in the nuts with the heel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cShe was self-possessed enough when they arrived at Paddington to jump off the train, find a guy in uniform and say, \u2018That man just attacked me\u2019, and he was arrested.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"mb-4 text-xl font-bold md:text-2xl\"><strong>2. Queen Elizabeth II was a Remainer<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">One of the biggest claims to emerge from Mr Low\u2019s new book is her account of Queen Elizabeth II opposed Brexit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In the book, Mr Low includes details of a conversation between the late Queen and a minister during which she reportedly said: \u201cWe shouldn\u2019t leave the EU,\u201d before adding: \u201cIt\u2019s better to stick with the devil you know.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"Queen Elizabeth II was a remainer, the book claims (PA Archive)\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/LjXQAEzIiH5l9l_bprDaSw--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTY0MDtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/the_independent_577\/ee68169308ade5bb2c832b260d0a6e46\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal dialogue\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>Queen Elizabeth II was a remainer, the book claims (PA Archive)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">It\u2019s a weighty claim to make due to the monarch\u2019s duty to stay politically neutral at all times, and also contradicts previous reports of her attitude towards Europe.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In 2016, <em>The Sun<\/em> splashed the headline \u201cThe Queen backs Brexit,\u201d reporting that in 2011 she allegedly told then-deputy prime minister Nick Clegg: \u201cI don\u2019t understand Europe.\u201d Press watchdog IPSO later ruled the headline as \u201csignificantly misleading\u201d after the Queen complained.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Writing in <em>Power and The Palace<\/em>, Mr Low said: \u201cOn a fundamental level, she saw the EU as part of the post-war settlement, marking an era of co-operation after two world wars.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cIf the Queen had had a vote, she would have voted Remain.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"mb-4 text-xl font-bold md:text-2xl\"><strong>3. Queen Elizabeth II did not support King Charles\u2019s campaigning<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Claims in the book suggest Queen Elizabeth II did not support<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/charles-iii\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:her son\u2019s campaigning;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> her son\u2019s campaigning<\/a> approach to issues such as climate change, including his writing letters to ministers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Mr Low quotes a palace source who claims her view of the letters was: \u201cJust don\u2019t do it. As soon as you engage in politics, you have an opinion and you pick a side \u2013 you cause a part of the population who disagree to take a partial view of you.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"King Charles is an outspoken advocate for environmental issues (AP)\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"667\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/TRinelrokxQ91jafJoq6Eg--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTY2NztjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/the_independent_577\/7051cf5ae16e945fc82ae328d724008f\"\/><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal dialogue\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<p>King Charles is an outspoken advocate for environmental issues (AP)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cThe view of those who want to protect the monarchy was that it had to be even more elevated from the politics. Anything that dragged her into the mud was an unhelpful development.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"mb-4 text-xl font-bold md:text-2xl\"><strong>4. Queen Elizabeth II was \u2018outspoken\u2019 among ministers<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">It is well known that the monarch is duty-bound to be politically neutral. But in the book, sources told Mr Low the late Queen was more politically outspoken behind closed doors than would be expected.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">George Osborne told Mr Low: \u201cI was constantly astonished by how candid she was and that none of this ever came out.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cShe\u2019d be very forthright in telling you what she thought of individuals, including members of her own family, and what she thought about things going on in the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"mb-4 text-xl font-bold md:text-2xl\"><strong>5. Boris Johnson tried to visit Queen Elizabeth II while he had Covid<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Then-prime minister Boris Johnson reportedly tried to meet with Queen Elizabeth II while he was in the early stages of infection with Covid, according to the book.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">A previous account of the incident told by Mr Johnson\u2019s adviser Dominic Cummings reported he had told the PM the move was \u201cinsane\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">But a source told Mr Low that Mr Cummings\u2019s exact words were: \u201cYou will f***ing kill the Queen. Are you f***ing mad?\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Buckingham Palace have declined to comment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source uk.news.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The late Queen\u2019s political leanings and Queen Camilla\u2019s experience of fighting off a sexual assault on a train as a teenager are among several eye-opening claims made in a new royal book. 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