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The official document was made public on Thursday.
It’s no big surprise, but an official document confirms the cause of Queen Elizabeth II’s death. According to her death certificate made public on Thursday, the sovereign of the United Kingdom died of “old age” on September 8 at the age of 96. After 70 years of reign, Elizabeth II died at 3:10 p.m. (2:10 p.m. GMT), according to this document published by the National Archives of Scotland. The sovereign died in her private residence in Balmoral.
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The BBC specifies that the document was signed by her daughter, Princess Anne, who had accompanied the sovereign during her last hours. His eldest son, now Charles III, had arrived at Balmoral at midday but his other sons Andrew and Edward, as well as Charles’s son, William, had not reached it until the evening. Harry, William’s brother, had only arrived much later.
Elizabeth II’s death certificate. Occupation: Her Majesty The Queen pic.twitter.com/8Qy0C0Ep0y
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In the box “profession” of the certificate appears the mention: “Her Majesty the Queen”. And Windsor Castle, on the western outskirts of London, appears there as its “usual” address. She spent most of the time there since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, when Buckingham Palace in the capital is usually the main residence of British monarchs. His death certificate also contains the name of his father, King George VI, and that of his mother, Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon.