Her Response
Elizabeth appears to have been taken aback by this change. Though his health had been deteriorating for some time, she was unaware of the impending doom. When her father died, she was in Kenya with Prince Philip.
Her Opinion
In fact, the couple stayed at the Treetops Hotel in Aberdare National Park. According to Time, Elizabeth was “in high spirits over her ‘tremendous experience’” at the time and “vowed to come again soon with her father.” Talking about the place, she mentioned her father would “love it.”