Speaking on the News Agents podcast, Ms Rayner said when Nadhim Zahawi gave it to her and she read its contents, she immediately “read between the lines”. Labor leader Sir Keir was giving his response to the government’s statement on the cost of living crisis when Mr Zahawi, chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, whispered in the prime minister’s ear and handed her a folded piece of paper. A similar note was given to Ms. Rayner. Podcast host Jon Sopel said: “You could feel something had happened.” And the deputy chief has now revealed what that was. He said: “The note was that the Queen is unwell and Keir must leave the room as soon as possible to be informed. “I read between the lines that, because you don’t get a note saying the Queen is unwell if she has a bit of a cough or a cold.” Image: Deputy Labor leader Angela Rayner joins members of the public as they file past the Queen’s coffin as she lies in state “I felt the weight of it” Fellow presenter Emily Maitley asked her: “What was going through your head?” The MP for Ashton-under-Lyne continued: “Before this news, (the cost of living debate) was the most important news of the day, so for him to get a memo… saying he has to leave the room. ..I felt the weight of it.” Use Chrome browser for more accessible video player 2:53 Sir Keir’s tribute to the Queen She said at the time, on a personal level, she was feeling “incredibly down”, but quickly found a way to break the news to Sir Keir without disturbing him too much from an “incredibly important” televised speech to Parliament. . “I was trying to think of how to get that note to him…..if someone is trying to give you information when you’re in the middle of speaking, it’s the most distracting thing, so I was waiting for the opportunity to do it. “I kind of waited for my chance and then I looked at the Speaker (Sir Lindsay Hoyle, the Speaker of the Commons) and he nodded to me to say ‘it’s really very urgent’, ie don’t. wait a long time.” “Change everything” After they left the room, Cabinet Secretary Simon Case explained to both of them what was happening. At 12.20pm, Buckingham Palace announced that the Queen’s doctors were concerned about her health, with senior members of the royal family traveling to Balmoral Castle in Scotland to be with her. At 6:30 p.m. that day, the Palace announced that he had died. Use Chrome browser for more accessible video player 2:23 Buckingham Palace officially announced that the Queen had died later that evening Mrs Rayner added: “We all knew the Queen was getting very weak and there had been talks about what would happen………… but it was still such a shock – it changed everything. “My family are big royalists and my kids are called James and Charles,” she added.
