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Former U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson claims late Queen Elizabeth II had bone cancer
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Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson claims in his soon-to-be released memoir that Queen Elizabeth II was diagnosed with bone cancer before her death in September 2022 at the age of 96. His assertion represents a significant break with royal protocol between the prime minister's office and Buckingham Palace, under which the U.K.'s elected leaders generally keep the royal family's private matter to themselves.
Johnson makes the claim in his upcoming memoir, "Unleashed," which is scheduled for release later in October. An excerpt from the book, with the purported detail about the late queen's health, was published this week in Johnson's regular column for the Daily Mail newspaper.
No senior British government official or member of the royal family has previously disclosed any detail about the late queen's cause of death. An official death certificate published a week after Queen Elizabeth died listed the cause of death as "old age."
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