Sept. 29 (BP) — Queen Elizabeth II died of old age, according to the official document released Thursday by Registrar general for Scotland Paul Lowe.
National Records of Scotland published the official cause of death in a death certificate registered Sept. 16.
Elizabeth died Sept. 8 at 3:10 p.m. local time in Balmoral Castle in Scotland, according to the death certificate. It’s signed by her only daughter Anne, princess royal.
Other members of the royal family, including Prince William, Prince Andrew and Prince Edward were still en route to Balmoral when the queen died.
Britain celebrated Elizabeth’s 70 years on the throne in early June. She was the longest-serving monarch in British history.
Her husband Prince Phillip was the longest-serving consort of a British monarch when he died at 99 on April 9, 2021.
Prince Charles and Princess Anne were both at Balmoral when Elizabeth died.
Scenes from state funeral of Queen Elizabeth II
