The late Queen Elizabeth and her mother, the Queen Mother, were said to have held an exorcism at Sandringham House in the months after a string of paranormal encounters
As Britain’s longest-serving monarch in history, the late Queen Elizabeth II certainly accumulated countless tales during her remarkable 70-year reign – but one story that continues to fascinate Royal enthusiasts is her alleged participation in an exorcism at the Sandringham estate alongside her mother.
This intriguing rumour first emerged after Royal biographer Kenneth Rose documented the mysterious ceremony in his journal, claiming it occurred at Sandringham House in 2000, where the Queen reportedly took part in a “religious cleansing ritual” within the very room where her father had passed away.
The extraordinary ceremony was apparently deemed essential following reports from household staff of peculiar and disturbing occurrences in the bedroom where King George VI had died in 1952. Determined not to risk any encounter with a malevolent spirit, the Queen Mother allegedly organised the ritual and enlisted her daughter’s assistance.
However, whilst this may seem outlandish and rather dramatic, the ceremony bore little resemblance to the sensational scenes typically depicted in popular culture, as Royal biographer Robert Hardman was eager to clarify.
During a recent episode of his podcast Queens, Kings and Dastardly Things, Hardman emphasised that it wasn’t a “conventional exorcism”, reports the Express.
Was the ‘troubled spirit’ Diana?
“There was no dramatic casting out of demons, like you see in films. It was said that the room contained a troubled spirit and that the parson was supposed to bless the space.”
Rose revealed that Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, along with her lady-in-waiting, Prue Penn, participated in a ceremony aimed at calming any restless spirits. The ritual included taking Holy Communion and reciting specific prayers.
“No one was quite sure who the ghost was supposed to be, despite it appearing in the room where George VI had died,” Hardman remarked. “Rose speculated whether it might be the ghost of Diana, the late Princess of Wales, who had died a few years before.”
Queen was ‘not superstitious’.
“The late Queen had a strong faith, but she was not superstitious,” Hardman commented. “She did not entertain these wilder theories – but she did have a profound sense of the spiritual, as does King Charles.”
King Charles himself is said to have experienced something supernatural at Sandringham estate.
In his book, Britain’s Ghostly Heritage, author John West recounts an eerie incident involving Charles, then the Prince of Wales, in the estate’s library. The encounter was so unsettling that it reportedly caused him and another staff member to hastily leave the room.
Despite the eerie occurrences at the Norfolk-based estate, it hasn’t deterred the royals from making their annual visit every Christmas and New Year since 1988.
