James Whatling / MEGA Queen Elizabeth II died fearing her grandson Prince William might one day become a "celebrity monarch" rather than a dutiful sovereign, Wonderwall.com can reveal. Details of her anxiety are laid out by royal biographer Robert Jobson in his upcoming book The Windsor Legacy, in which he writes the late monarch, who died in 2022 at 96, privately worried William, 43, could allow the trappings of fame and modern popularity to overshadow his sense of royal duty. Her concerns, he says, reflected her lifelong belief that service must always come before self.