The 96-year-old British monarch's dear friend, a cousin of her late husband Prince Philip, passed away ""peacefully"" on July 29, a notice of her death confirmed in The Daily Telegraph newspaper
Lady Butter, who was a descendant of Tsar Nicholas I of Russia and a close childhood friend of the Queen, passed away peacefully on Friday at the age of 97.
As the Queen begins to celebrate her Platinum Jubilee, marking an incredible 70 years on the throne, she will undoubtedly be confronted with the absence
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