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Queen Elizabeth II died of 'old age': death certificate

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Elizabeth was the longest-serving monarch in British history and ruled as head of state for 70 years from 1952. EPA-EFE/file" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/news/09/09/09092022-queen-elizabeth-ii-dies-at-96.jpg"/><figcaption>Elizabeth was the longest-serving monarch in British history and ruled as head of state for 70 years from 1952. <em>EPA-EFE/file</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>Queen Elizabeth II died of &quot;old age&quot; at 3:10 pm (1410 GMT) on September 8, according to her death certificate released on Thursday, or nearly three-and-a-half hours before the news was announced to the world.</p><p>The 96-year-old monarch died at her Balmoral Castle estate in the Scottish Highlands.</p><p>Elizabeth was the longest-serving monarch in British history and ruled as head of state for 70 years from 1952.</p><p>The certificate released by the National Records of Scotland shows her death was registered on September 16 by the queen&#x27;s only daughter, Princess Anne.</p><p>Anne said in a statement issued by Buckingham Palace on September 13 that she was present during the last 24 hours of her mother&#x27;s life.</p><p>The certificate lists the queen&#x27;s place of death as &quot;Balmoral Castle&quot;; her &quot;usual residence&quot; 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.</p><p>Under the section marked &quot;occupation&quot;, it says: &quot;Her Majesty The Queen&quot;.</p><p>Had the queen died in England, there would have been no requirement to register her death, as the law only applies to the sovereign&#x27;s subjects.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/classified-odd/09/21/22/man-accused-of-grabbing-queens-coffin-flag-delusional-judge">Man accused of grabbing queen&#x27;s coffin flag &#x27;delusional&#x27;: judge</a></li></ul><p>But the legislation, which dates back to 1836, does not apply in Scotland, which has a separate legal system to England and Wales and stipulates that &quot;the death of every person&quot; shall be registered.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/09/21/22/flowers-left-for-queen-elizabeth-to-be-composted">Flowers left for Queen Elizabeth to be composted, re-used in parks</a></li></ul><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen" frameBorder="0" height="100%" id="ivsplayer01" scrolling="no" src="https://player.ivideosmart.com/ivsplayer/v4/dist/html/iframe-src.html?iframeid=ivsplayer01&amp;key=e8c22c015ca9eafa76f1e3edfa03c603&amp;spid=3001339&amp;vid=2224839" width="100%"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div><div><strong>- Timings -</strong></div><p>The timing of her death confirms that the queen&#x27;s two younger sons, Princes Andrew and Edward, Edward&#x27;s wife Sophie, and grandson Prince William did not make it to Balmoral in time.</p><p>They touched down at Aberdeen airport in northeast Scotland at 3:50 pm and arrived at Balmoral just after 5:00 pm. William&#x27;s younger brother Prince Harry, arrived there later in the evening.</p><p>The queen&#x27;s eldest son and successor, King Charles III, was said by his office to have travelled to Balmoral earlier in the day.</p><p>The cause of death given only as &quot;old age&quot;, with no other cause listed, could end speculation that the queen was suffering from a particular condition in the last year of her life.</p><p>Two days before she passed away she performed her last major constitutional duty by accepting Boris Johnson&#x27;s resignation as prime minister and asking his successor Liz Truss to form a government.</p><p>But official photographs of her smiling and leaning on a stick showed a deep purple bruise on the back of her hand. </p><p>Truss&#x27;s spokesman later told reporters the new prime minister had been informed of the queen&#x27;s death at 4:30 pm that day.</p><p>The news was officially released at 6:30 pm.</p><p>The queen had been in declining health since spending an unscheduled night in a private London hospital in October 2021, forcing her to pull out of a string of official engagements.</p><p>Buckingham Palace attributed the cancellations to &quot;episodic mobility problems&quot; – difficulties walking and standing that saw her take to using a stick and even a motorized buggy at public events.</p><p>Earlier this year she was laid low by a bout of Covid and later admitted it left her feeling &quot;exhausted&quot;.</p>

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