Queen Elizabeth II died of “old age,” according to the deceased sovereign’s death certificate.
The National Records of Scotland released the document on Thursday, with Her Majesty’s daughter Princess Anne as the informant of her death.
The certificate also revealed that Elizabeth died on September 8 at 3:10 p.m.
The Royal Family announced the Queen’s death three hours later, tweeting: “The Queen passed away peacefully in Balmoral this afternoon. The King and The Queen Consort will remain in Balmoral tonight and will return to London tomorrow.
The news came after Buckingham Palace announced she had been placed under “medical supervision” due to mounting health concerns. Relatives quickly rushed to be with her before she died.
King Charles, 73, released a statement about her loss, sharing that her death is “a moment of the greatest sorrow”.
“We deeply mourn the passing of a beloved Sovereign and a dearly beloved Mother. I know her loss will be deeply felt across the country, the rich and the Commonwealth, and by countless people around the world,” he said.
Elizabeth II was the longest reigning monarch in Britain’s history, sitting on the throne for seven decades. During that time, she made several non-traditional moves that helped her grow in popularity in the Commonwealth.
For starters, the queen was the first to open royal life to the masses. When she was crowned on June 2, 1953, at the tender age of 25 after the death of her father, King George VI, the ceremony was the first ever fully televised live television.
And in 1970, the Sovereign broke centuries of royal tradition when, on her tour of Australia and New Zealand, she took a casual stroll with her husband, Prince Philip, and daughter Anne to greet the crowd in person rather than staring at them from a distance. to wave.
She also made the decision to televise the wedding of her son, King Charles, to the late Princess Diana, which was watched by an estimated 750 million people in 74 countries around the world on July 29, 1981.
Then, in 1986, the Queen made history as the first British monarch to visit mainland China after the UK returned sovereignty over Hong Kong to China.
She also showed her progressiveness by supporting her grandson Prince Harry’s marriage to Meghan Markle, a divorced, biracial former actress from America. And although the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have since resigned from their royal duties and moved to the United States, the controversial couple still remained on good terms with the Queen.
Even in dark times, the queen has earned her spurs.
She was criticized for not visiting Wales after a 1966 mining disaster that killed 116 children and 28 adults. At first she refused to visit the suffering city of Aberfan and even sent Philip in her place. But after the media criticized the Queen’s absence, she visited the site eight days after the tragedy to talk to survivors. Decades later, the Queen admitted that it was her “greatest regret” not to visit right away.
The Queen also graced family drama over the years.
The royal family was rocked by a scandal in 1992, which the Queen famously called ‘annus horribilis’, a Latin expression for ‘a terrible year’.
Her eldest son and heir apparent, Charles, had an affair with Camilla Parker Bowles and eventually announced his divorce from Diana that year.
The Queen’s son, Prince Andrew, and his wife, Sarah Ferguson, also split that year. Years later, in 2019, his royal duties were revoked due to his ties to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Also in 1992, Her Royal Highness’s daughter, Anne, divorced her husband, Mark Phillips, and a massive fire broke out at Windsor Castle, affecting more than 100 rooms.
She had to comfort her country again after Diana’s untimely death in a car accident in 1997, a year after the Princess of Wales finalized her divorce from Charles. Initially, the Queen did not speak of Diana’s death, but she eventually delivered a rare televised address to the nation to mourn the mother of her grandchildren, Prince William and Harry.
In more recent years, the Queen mourned the loss of her husband of 73 years, Philip, who died in April 2021 at the age of 99.
In October, she was seen with a walking stick for the first time in 17 years at an event at Westminster Abbey, with an insider telling Vidak For Congress that Her Majesty had it “for her comfort.”
The Queen continued to express health concerns after skipping subsequent royal appointments.
She was hospitalized overnight in October 2021 and had to cancel a trip to Ireland after being advised to rest for medical reasons. As she resumed her personal royal duties in November, she again alarmed fans when she tested positive for COVID-19 in February 2022.
Unfortunately, she went back to work in March 2022, only to stop appearing in May due to “mobility issues.”
She appeared to be excited during the start of her platinum anniversary in June 2022, but again expressed concern when she later had to skip several events. Instead, she appeared via hologram during the Platinum Jubilee Pageant.
The Queen is survived by Charles, Anne, Andrew and her youngest son, Prince Edward, as well as eight grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
The family members publicly mourned Her Majesty at her funeral on September 19.