She mentioned the plans her private secretary, Sir Edward Young, had made for the swearing-in of the new Truss administration ministers,
Thus it may have been a description of another typical workday that began in the customary manner: “Edward came to see me,” he continued.
The late Queen’s notebook served as a record of the things that had happened throughout her hectic, professional life rather than a space for her thoughts and emotions.
She probably recorded everything to aid future historians and to assist her recall what had occurred on that particular day. According to the journal, she reportedly said to social diarist Kenneth Rose:
“I have no time to record conversations, only events.” The late royal was not the only king or queen to maintain a journal while in power.
