{"id":163736,"date":"2026-04-08T09:20:43","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T16:20:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/?p=163736"},"modified":"2026-04-08T09:20:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T16:20:43","slug":"queen-elizabeth-ii-was-allegedly-close-to-a-nervous-breakdown-during-her-reign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/queen-elizabeth-ii-was-allegedly-close-to-a-nervous-breakdown-during-her-reign\/","title":{"rendered":"Queen Elizabeth II was allegedly close to a \u201cNervous breakdown\u201d during her reign"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The late <strong>Queen Elizabeth II<\/strong> was known for being one of the longest-reigning monarchs in history, so it\u2019s no surprise she had serious pressures over the decades as Queen of the United Kingdom. A royal biographer even stated she was close to a <strong><em>\u201cNervous breakdown\u201d<\/em> <\/strong>during her reign.<\/p>\n<p>The Royal biographer Robert Hardman, who wrote the book<em> \u201cElizabeth II: In Private. In Public,\u201d<\/em> described a period marked by intense public scrutiny and global instability that weighed heavily on the monarch during the<strong> turbulent summer of 1969<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-163744\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Queen-Elizabeth-II-crowned-the-Prince-during-such-complex-political-times-.jpg\" alt=\"The Queen wanted to take a one week break \" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Queen-Elizabeth-II-crowned-the-Prince-during-such-complex-political-times-.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Queen-Elizabeth-II-crowned-the-Prince-during-such-complex-political-times--300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Queen-Elizabeth-II-crowned-the-Prince-during-such-complex-political-times--1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Queen-Elizabeth-II-crowned-the-Prince-during-such-complex-political-times--768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Queen-Elizabeth-II-crowned-the-Prince-during-such-complex-political-times--1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Queen-Elizabeth-II-crowned-the-Prince-during-such-complex-political-times--860x484.jpg 860w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>That summer included the broadcast of the controversial documentary, the Apollo 11 Moon landing, and the investiture of the now King Charles III as Prince of Wales at Caernarfon Castle. The ceremony, which was televised, was tainted by violence linked to Welsh nationalist extremists, who carried out bombings in the lead-up to the event,<strong> heightening fears<\/strong> for the young prince\u2019s safety.<\/p>\n<p>This anxiety, combined with a broader climate of unrest, including political assassinations in the United States and the conflict in Northern Ireland, created a <strong><em>\u201cfebrile atmosphere\u201d<\/em><\/strong> for the Queen. Following the investiture, <strong>the Queen reportedly withdrew from public life for a week, cancelling all engagements. Despite Buckingham Palace citing the flu. Hardman claims insiders described it as \u201c<em>nervous exhaustion.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The late Queen Elizabeth II was known for being one of the longest-reigning monarchs in history, so it\u2019s no surprise she had serious pressures over the decades as Queen of the United Kingdom. A royal biographer even stated she was close to a \u201cNervous breakdown\u201d during her reign. The Royal biographer Robert Hardman, who wrote [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3102,"featured_media":163745,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2264,1795],"tags":[1650],"class_list":{"0":"post-163736","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"category-entertainment","9":"category-royal-family","10":"tag-queen-elizabeth-ii"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163736","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=163736"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163736\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":163746,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/163736\/revisions\/163746"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/163745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=163736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=163736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicmundial.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=163736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}