Queen's cause and time of death confirmed on death certificate

Queen Elizabeth II's cause of death has been confirmed on her death certificate. The late monarch died because of old age, the document revealed.

The certificate, published by National Records of Scotland on Thursday (September 29), records that the late monarch died at 3.10pm on September 8 at Balmoral Castle in Ballater. The document is signed by the Princess Royal.

Douglas James Allan Glass is noted as the certifying registered medical practitioner. Old age was the only cause of death listed, with no other contributing factors.

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Paul Lowe, the Registrar General for Scotland, confirmed that the Queen’s death was registered in Aberdeenshire on September 16 2022. The Queen was 96 years old when she died at her residence in Scotland. All of her children, Prince Charles, Princess Anne, Prince Andrew, and Prince Edward, rushed to be by her side.

Announcing her death on September 8, Buckingham Palace said: “The Queen died peacefully at Balmoral this afternoon. The King and The Queen Consort will remain at Balmoral this evening and will return to London tomorrow.”

The monarch had pulled out of a virtual Privy Council the day before her death, around 24 hours after welcoming Liz Truss as Prime Minister at her home in the Scottish Highlands on the advice of royal doctors. She had also pulled out of key events due to ongoing mobility issues in recent months.

But Her Majesty thrilled crowds on the first day of her Platinum Jubilee celebrations on June 2 when she appeared on the Buckingham Palace balcony and later at Windsor Castle. The Queen succeeded to the throne in