The Queen’s cause of death was ‘old age’, her death certificate has revealed.
The document, published by National Records of Scotland on Thursday, also records that the late monarch died at 3.10pm on September 8 at Balmoral Castle in Ballater.
This is just over three hours before her death was announced to the public at 6.30pm.
Her cause of death at the age of 96 is listed only as ‘old age’, with no other contributing factors.
Douglas James Allan Glass is noted as the certifying registered medical practitioner, and the document is signed by the Princess Royal.
The time of the late Queen’s death means that Prince William, Prince Andrew, Prince Edward, Sophie, the Countess of Wessex and Prince Harry were not at her bedside when she died.
It is thought only her two eldest children, King Charles Prince Charles and Princess Anne, were able to complete the sad journeys to the monarch’s Highland estate at Balmoral in time to say their final goodbyes.
Paul Lowe, the Registrar General for Scotland, confirmed that the Queen’s death was registered in Aberdeenshire on September 16, 2022.
Her death following a 70-year reign - the longest of any British monarch and the longest verified reign of any female sovereign in history - prompted worldwide tributes and sent the UK into a 10-day period of national mourning.
More than 250,000 people queued for hours to pay respects at the Queen’s coffin, during her lying-in-state at Westminster Hall prior to her state funeral at Westminster Abbey on September 19.
She was buried at Windsor later the same day, following another, smaller ceremony,
As the Queen’s death certificate was published on Thursday, Windsor reopened to tourists following a period of closure since the royal funeral.
Wellwishers and tourists are now able to visit St George’s Chapel to pay their respects at the spot where the late monarch was buried.
Her name has been inscribed alongside her mother’s, father’s and husband’s on a new black ledger stone in the King George VI Memorial Chapel.
A two-week period of Royal Mourning also ended onTuesday.
William and Kate, the Prince and Princess of Wales, visited Wales this week for the first time since taking up the new titles they were given as King Charles ascended to the throne.
They visited Anglesey, where they made their first home as newlyweds, before travelling on to Swansea.
The King and his Queen Consort are to hold their first joint public engagements by visiting Dunfermline on Monday, to mark its being awarded city status.
