The Queen's Last Symbolism

The queen kept, in a way, her first body, her private roll, so private. She was incredibly adept at using the inherent symbolism of her role. I have found myself more moved by the spectacle of her as a very old woman than almost anything else. And yet she must have known she was on the verge of death when she did those last kind of duties at baumoral - and yet she was still carrying on.