 In December 2001 , aged 101 , she fractured her pelvis in a fall . Even so , she insisted on standing for the National Anthem during the memorial service for her husband on 6 February the following year . Just three days later , her second daughter Princess Margaret died . On 13 February 2002 , the Queen Mother fell and cut her arm in her sitting room at Sandringham House ; an ambulance and doctor were called , and the wound was dressed . She was still determined to attend Margaret 's funeral at St George 's Chapel , Windsor Castle , two days later on the Friday of that week , even though the Queen and the rest of the royal family were concerned about the journey the Queen Mother would face to get from Norfolk to Windsor ; she was also rumoured to be hardly eating . Nevertheless , she flew to Windsor by helicopter , and so that no photographs of her in a wheelchair could be taken — she insisted that she be shielded from the press — she travelled to the service in a people carrier with blacked – out windows , which had been previously used by Margaret . On 5 March 2002 , she was present at the luncheon of the annual lawn party of the Eton Beagles , and watched the Cheltenham Races on television ; however , her health began to deteriorate precipitately during her last weeks after retreating to Royal Lodge for the final time . 
