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Queen Elizabeth was left “distraught” by the death of one of her oldest and most faithful dogs in the months before her own death, and took special steps to see that the dog’s remains were flown back to Windsor so it could be buried alongside one of its old friends, it was reported Saturday.
However she was said to be in “sparkling form,” just four days before her death, hosting an informal dinner party for some of her cousins. The report will add to the sense that her health declined dramatically and unexpectedly in a very short period of time.