Queen Elizabeth shaken to core after devastating loss of royal family member

Queen Elizabeth is crippling in pain after a royal family member close to her passed away recently.

The monarch is feeling shattered and devastated after losing cousin and best friend Lady Elizabeth Shakerly, it was announced. 

Lady Elizabeth died in the early hours of Sunday with her family members standing by her. 

She is survived by one daughter and two grandchildren.

Born in the famous Windsor Castle in 1941, Lady Elizabeth was welcomed by parents, Viscount Thomas Anson and his wife, Anne Bowes-Lyon, who later became Princess Anne of Denmark. 

Commonly known as  Lady Elizabeth Anson, the royal shared a close bond with the Queen and was responsible for organising many of her private events.

She used to move around royal family circles, as the step-daughter of a Danish Prince, in royal households of Norway, Luxembourg and the Netherlands.

Eminent events that she was responsible of arranging include  Queen Elizabeth's 80th birthday party, Sting's wedding, and Margaret Thatcher's 70th birthday bash.