Queen Elizabeth kept a diary from the time she was 15. It was an evolving document of her life as a working royal.

“Her last entry was as factual and practical as ever,” the Royal biographer wrote in his book. Harman highlighted that Queen Elizabeth’s diary was not used for personal reflections but as a log of her daily activities, ensuring her life’s events ...

During her 70-year reign, the monarch kept a private diary to record key events – a tradition she upheld until her final days. According to the author, who found the handwritten entries while doing research for his book,