Boris's Close Call: The Queen & COVID

0:00On April 9th, one Wednesday in March 2020, Boris Johnson was set to have his regular audience with Queen Elizabeth, but his advisor spotted. Symptoms that screened possible coronavirus. The then-prime minister insisted on going ahead anyway, risking it all during those early pandemic days. Enter Dominic Cummings, Johnson's fiery top advisor, who shed it down fast with a blunt warning straight out of a drama, you're going to kill the queen. That intervention flipped the script and kept the meeting from happening in person. People close to the royals were stunned by how close the call was, especially with the queen in her 90s and the virus spreading wild. It highlighted the tense balance between duty and health protocols back then, shaking up traditions big time. Now Robert Hardman's new book drops fresh details on what went down next, including the queen's real thoughts on Boris' bold move and the clever. Work-around advisors cooked up to dodge disaster without skipping the weekly check-in. These behind-the-scenes royal twists keep reminding us how human decisions steer history,

1:03even in palaces. Stay tuned for more layers peeling back.