Queen Elizabeth II’s demise has sent tremors across the globe while many expressed their curiosity over the Queen’s cause of death, a new report suggests that her majesty died of ‘old age’ in the register of deaths released on Thursday.
A recent Guardian report stated that the registrar general for Scotland, Paul Lowe, confirmed that the Queen’s death was registered in Aberdeenshire on 16 September.
As per the document, the monarch was 96-year-old and she died at 3:10 pm on September 8 at Balmoral Castle, Ballater. Princess Anne registered her mother’s death.
The death certificate was apparently produced by Douglas James Allan Glass, a medical practitioner, and old age was the only cause listed as the cause of death with no other contributing factors. Glass was an apothecary to the Queen, her doctor in Scotland.
The record also points out that the Queen died just over three hours before the news was announced by Buckingham palace in a statement at 6:30 pm.
Following her demise, Royal members travelled to see her. The King, Queen Consort and Princess Royal were at Balmoral because they were already in Scotland undertaking engagements.
Others including, the Prince of Wales, Earl and Countess of Wessex, and the Duke of York had flown from RAF Northolt, arriving at Aberdeen airport at 3:50 pm and reaching Balmoral just after 5 pm. The Duke of Sussex, travelling separately, arrived at Balmoral just before 8 pm.
The prime minister, Liz Truss, was told of the Queen’s death at 4:30 pm, Downing Street has previously said.
However, as per the reports, concerns were raised at around 12:35 pm when Buckingham Palace issued a statement saying doctors were concerned for the Queen’s health. Truss was later informed of her death by the cabinet secretary, Simon Case.
The Guardian report suggested that old age was acceptable if the doctor certifying death has cared for the patient for a long time, was not aware of any disease or injury that contributed to death and had observed a gradual decline in the person’s general health and functioning.
The report also stated that the Queen was experiencing sporadic mobility problems during the final period of her life and used a walking stick regularly in public. Her use of a walking stick came after she was admitted to a private London hospital for “preliminary investigations” in October last year – her first overnight admission in eight years.
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