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Queen Elizabeth died of ‘old age’, death certificate says

  • The UK monarch’s death at Balmoral Castle came nearly 3½ hours before the news was announced to the world
  • The given cause of death could end speculation that the queen was suffering from a particular condition

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Queen Elizabeth died of “old age” at 3.10pm on September 8, according to her death certificate released on Thursday, or nearly 3½ hours before the news was announced to the world.

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The 96-year-old monarch died at her Balmoral Castle estate in the Scottish Highlands.

Elizabeth was the longest-serving monarch in British history and ruled as head of state for 70 years from 1952.

The certificate released by the National Records of Scotland shows her death was registered on September 16 by the queen’s only daughter, Princess Anne. Anne said in a statement issued by Buckingham Palace on September 13 that she was present during the last 24 hours of her mother’s life.

An extract from the entry for Britain’s late Queen Elizabeth in the Register of Deaths, which can also be referred to as a death certificate, published by the National Records of Scotland. Image: National Records of Scotland via Reuters
An extract from the entry for Britain’s late Queen Elizabeth in the Register of Deaths, which can also be referred to as a death certificate, published by the National Records of Scotland. Image: National Records of Scotland via Reuters

The certificate lists the queen’s place of death as “Balmoral Castle”; her “usual residence” as Windsor Castle; the name of her late husband Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh; and the full names of her father King George VI, and mother Queen Elizabeth.

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