Queen Elizabeth was praised by her former dresser and self-described "best friend" Angela Kelly, who said she was a very "cool granny".The late Queen's senior aide worked with her for nearly 30 years, from 1994 until the Queen's death in 2022, and has previously spoken about her relationship with the monarch.
Now, just a few days before what would have been Elizabeth's 100th birthday, Ms Kelly gave a new interview about her beloved employer. The 68-year-old said Elizabeth was her "best friend" and revealed that she misses her every day.
After the late Queen's death, she was asked to vacate her Grade II-listed cottage in Windsor.
But King Charles kept the promise he made to his mother of lifelong accommodation for Ms Kelly and purchased a modest three-bedroom bungalow for the ex-royal employee in the North, close to her family.
Speaking about the Easter and summer holidays in Windsor and Balmoral, Ms Kelly revealed the sweet move she would make for her great-grandchildren, including Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis.
Ms Kelly told Vanity Fair: "The family would visit and she loved being granny. Her Majesty took her great-grandchildren out riding or walking.
"She did barbecues and fun things and she always washed the dishes, even when she was entertaining the Prime Minister."
She added: "It was just a normal loving family, to be quite honest. If the Duke, or whoever was cooking, burned the burgers, she'd just laugh.
"As long as they had extra to put back on, and as long as all the family were fed and watered that was all right. The queen was just full of energy and a really cool granny, to be honest."
Elizabeth had 12 great-grandchildren upon her death but 14 in total.
The most recent royal additions include Princess Beatrice's daughter, Athena, born in 2025 and Princess Eugenie's son, Ernest, born in 2023.
Ms Kelly, originally from Liverpool, formed a close relationship with the late Queen as her "right-hand woman" over the years. They originally met in 1992.
Since then, she has published two books about working Queen Elizabeth - Dressing the Queen: The Jubilee Wardrobe, published in 2012 and The Other Side of the Coin: The Queen, the Dresser and the Wardrobe, published in 2019.
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