Death Certificate Shows Queen Elizabeth Died Of “Old Age”

The death certificate of Queen Elizabeth II has been released by the Nation Records of Scotland.

The certificate released on Thursday shows her death was registered on September 16 by the queen’s only daughter, Princess Anne.

Queen Elizabeth II died of “old age” at 3:10 pm (1410 GMT) on September 8, or nearly three-and-a-half hours before the news was announced to the world.

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.

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.

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.

Under the section marked “occupation”, it says: “Her Majesty The Queen”.

The cause of death given only as “old age”, with no other cause listed, could end speculation that the queen was suffering from a particular condition in the last year of her life.