The world received the news of the death of Queen Elizabeth II, of the United Kingdom, on September 8, just hours after the announcement about the summons of her family after she was placed under medical observation. The official statement spoke of concern, but highlighted that she was comfortable. Highlight: comfortable.
His last official event was just two days ago, when he named Liz Truss as the UK’s new prime minister. The Queen was in Balmoral, the castle where she spent part of her childhood, she was asked to marry him by Prince Philip and spent moments of intimacy with her family.
After the news about the worsening of his health condition, there was no mention of hospitalization, or procedures aimed at artificially prolonging his life. I do not intend here to speculate about her clinical condition, nor to make false parallels with so many people who die without adequate assistance, which the Queen certainly had in her residence. The subject in question is futile interventions during the dying process. Certainly, the Queen’s option to die where she felt welcomed, without treatments that could prolong her suffering and agony, was decisive for the place and the way in which she was cared for in her final moments.
I emphasize that, before the cause of death, probably of little relevance, the royal family pointed out that the queen died peacefully in Balmoral.
Elizabeth II, in her twilight, leaves us with a reflection on the finitude that will be permanent: dying peacefully is a horizon.
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