QUEEN'S HEARTBREAK ‘I MISS MY MUM & SISTER EVERY DAY'

IT’S BEEN 20 YEARS SINCE SHE LOST THE CLOSEST WOMEN IN HER LIFE

Her Platinum Jubilee is being celebrated with great excitement across the Commonwealth, but for the Queen, her historic 70-year reign is tinged with sadness.

Indeed, not only is she observing the milestone without her late husband, Prince Philip, by her side, but this year also marks 20 years since she lost the two most important women in her life, The Queen Mother and Princess Margaret, within weeks of each other.

“I’m sure the Queen will be deeply saddened that her sister died so relatively young and misses her every day, as she does her mother,” royal commentator Phil Dampier tells New Idea.

Margaret was just 71 years old when she passed away on February 9, 2002. She had suffered a stroke that was followed shortly after by cardiac problems.