Today, the Queen was declared dead of old age. Her Majesty has published her death certificate. 

The 96-year-old monarch died at Balmoral Castle on Thursday September 8 at 3.10pm – before all of her children and grandchildren could get to her bedside and more than three hours before the public was informed.

The death certificate, released by National Records of Scotland this afternoon, cites the Queen as dying of ‘old age’ – the same stated cause of death as Prince Philip’s in April 2021. The Princess Royal’s daughter, Princess Anne II of Queen Elizabeth II was the informant.

According to the historical document’s 3.10pm date of death, the occupation given by the monarch as “Her Majesty the Queen” indicates that King Charles and his sister, Princess Anne, were at their mother’s side three weeks ago in Aberdeenshire.

It has also confirmed what was suspected on that tragic day, that most of the Queen’s children and grandchildren tried in vain to be with her during the late monarch’s last hours.

Prince William, Prince Andrew and Prince Edward, along with Sophie Countess Of Wessex were all in flight when Queen Elizabeth died. They had been racing to Balmoral took off from RAF Northolt in South Ruislip, west London, at 2.39pm, landing an hour later.

He was not with his brother, Prince Harry. Instead, he had to fly to Scotland alone on an aircraft from Luton. This flight took place after the death of his grandmother. After the Palace had made their announcement at 6:46 pm, Prince Harry landed in Aberdeen and reached Balmoral around 7.52pm. This was almost five hours after his grandmother’s death.

While it’s not known when Harry was told this, a King spokesperson recently stated that the public was only informed once every member of their family had been informed.

Revealed: The Queen's death certificate has been released and says her cause of death was 'old age'

Revealed! The death certificate of Queen Elizabeth II has been published and states her cause-of-death was “old age”.

The last photo taken of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II - two days before she died when she met Liz Truss and asked her to form a government

This is Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s last photograph – it was taken just two days before her passing. Liz Truss, Liz’s friend and confidante, asked Liz Truss to help form a government.

Queen Elizabeth II: Here’s a timeline showing how her death was reported and what her family did to be there for her.

Thursday, September 8, 2008 

12.10pm:Liz Truss learns from the Commons about the Queen’s illness

12.35pm: Buckingham Palace releases a statement stating that the Queen has been placed under Balmoral medical supervision after her health was deemed to be’required’ by doctors. According to a spokesperson for Buckingham Palace, “Following further examination this morning”, the Queen’s doctors have advised that she remains under medical supervision. The Queen is still at Balmoral and remains well.

12.47pm:Clarence House releases a statement confirming Prince Charles’s and Camilla’s plans to travel to Balmoral. Clarence House released the following statement: “The Prince of Wales, and the Duchess Of Cornwall have traveled to Balmoral.” 

12.48pm: Kensington Palace later announced that Price William was going to Balmoral. It stated that the Duke of Cambridge was also traveling to Balmoral.

1.55pm: A spokesperson for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex confirms that the couple will be ‘travelling to Scotland’. The initial statement mentioned Scotland, but did not mention Balmoral.  Although the Duke and Duchess were scheduled to attend the WellChild Awards ceremony at London’s Hyde Park on Thursday night, they changed their minds to fly to visit the Queen.

2.39pm:Prince William, Prince Andrew and Prince Edward take off from RAF Northolt.

3.10pm:The Queen has been declared dead

3.50pm:Aberdeen was landed by the jet that carried William and other royals.

4.14pm: A news alert by the Press Association (PA) said that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex were travelling to Balmoral ‘separately’ from other royals. 

4.30pm:Liz Truss was informed by the Queen of her death 

4.39pm: PA issues another alert less than thirty minutes later. It quotes an unnamed source stating that the Duchess would not be traveling to Balmoral along with the Duke. Sources claimed that Prince Harry would make the trip on his own. According to PA, the source suggested that Harry could be joined by his wife Duchess of Cambridge in Scotland later.

5pm: Prince William, Prince Andrew, Prince Edward and Sophie Wessex arrive at Balmoral

5.35pm:Prince Harry departs Luton 

6.30pm:Twitter announcement by The Royal Family that Queen Anne has died peacefully at Balmoral at the ripe old age of 96. 

6.46pm: Prince Harry arrives at Aberdeen Airport in a private aircraft from Luton.

7.52pmBalmoral, the Duke of Sussex is here 

Douglas James Allan Glass, a certifying medical practitioner is well-known. Dr Glass hails from Aboyne Highlands, which is approximately twenty miles from Royal Family’s Scottish Home. Additionally, he is a Balmoral Apothecary. 

The only factor that caused death was old age. There were no contributing factors. 

The cause of her death was identical to that on Prince Philip’s death certificates.

Paul Lowe (Registrar General of Scotland) confirmed that Queen Elizabeth’s death had been registered in Aberdeenshire, on September 16, 2022.

The Princess Royal paid tribute to Queen Elizabeth II, revealing that she had been with her mother in the final moments of her life.

Anne, who was with her mother’s coffin on its journey from Balmoral, Scotland, to London via Edinburgh, stated: “It was a privilege to spend the final 24 hours of my mother’s dearest life.”

The document names the princess as the informant’ and she would have notified the local registry of the death of her mother.

It was the family of her relatives who dominated the hours preceding and following the Queen’s passing.

After performing public engagements, Princess Anne had already arrived at Balmoral.  King Charles, Queen Consort Camilla of Dumfries and King Charles were also in Scotland. He jumped in a helicopter with Princess Anne to be there in her last hours.

Rest of Royal Family was in London and South-East.

William was accompanied by his uncles Andrew, Edward and Aunt Sophie of Wessex. They were seen in flight from RAF Northolt until the time of Queen’s death. The plane took off from London at 2.39pm and landed around one hour later.

William drove the car and William arrived in Balmoral at 5:15pm. 

Prince Harry flew alone to Luton and landed 16 minutes after Queen Elizabeth’s announcement of her death at 6.30 pm. 

Buckingham Palace staff reacted furiously to allegations that Harry was only five minutes aware of the death of his grandmother before it became public.

The news came just days after a newspaper reported that the distraught royal was the one who knew the truth about her death – and that he even received the information from his father at 4.30pm, after Liz Truss, the Prime Minister.

According to the Telegraph, this is another example of the division between Prince William and his family after he quit his royal duties.

Buckingham Palace expressed dismay at the fact that these claims were made just before the Queen’s funeral. It was considered highly disrespectful considering the circumstances.

A spokesman for King said in a rare statement that he was not aware of such private matters: “The public was informed only after all family members had been informed.”

According to The Mail, Harry was informed shortly after the news broke. However, Harry was flying to Scotland at the time and was therefore not able contactable. 

The Telegraph later removed the original story.

A death certificate confirms what had been suspected, that Queen Elizabeth’s children and grandchildren attempted to stay with her at the end of her reign.

11am, September 8: Prince Charles boards a helicopter from Dumfries House to Balmoral as the Queen's children gather at her bedside after a warning from doctors about her health

11.15 am, September 8. Prince Charles boarded a helicopter to take him from Dumfries House in Scotland to Balmoral. The Queen’s children gathered at her bedside following a call from her doctors regarding her health.

3.50pm: Prince William led the way off the plane (circled left) followed by Edward and Sophie (pictured centre) and finally Prince Andrew (pictured right) as they landed at Aberdeen Airport. It has now emerged that this was after the Queen's death

3.50 p.m.: Prince William was the first to get off the plane. He was followed by Edward (pictured left), Sophie (pictured middle), and then Prince Andrew (pictured right). They landed at Aberdeen Airport. Now it is clear that they did this after the Queen died.

5pm: Prince William drives Prince Andrew, Sophie, Countess of Wessex and Prince Edward into Balmoral as millions pray for the Queen

5pm: Prince William, Sophie, Prince Andrew, and Prince Edward drive into Balmoral, as millions of people pray for Queen Elizabeth II

7.52pm: The Duke of Sussex joined other members of the Royal Family in mourning the Queen's death at Balmoral. He landed in Scotland after the Queen's death was confirmed

7.52pm: He joined the Royal Family and mourned the death of Queen Elizabeth II at Balmoral with other Royal Family members. Following the confirmation of Queen’s passing, he flew to Scotland.

8.28am, September 9: Prince Harry is swept out of Balmoral by security in the back seat of this Range Rover - around 12 hours after he arrived

8.28am, 9 September: Prince Harry is driven out of Balmoral by security. He was there for 12 hours.

William took his uncles, the Duke and Earl of Wessex (with his wife) from Aberdeen airport to Balmoral. He arrived just after 5pm.

Three hours later, the Duke of Sussex drove through the gates.

Harry was only there for 12 hours, before heading back to Windsor with his wife. ‘refused’ to have dinner with his father and brother after Meghan was banned from joining the family at Balmoral on the day the Queen died, it was claimed last week.

What is it like to be a ‘old-age’ person? What is the common death from old age?

By Stephen Matthews 

Common to hear about someone’s death from ‘old age’.

Our body’s organs and bodies naturally age, making us vulnerable to many conditions.

These can be leading causes of death, such as dementia or heart disease.

These causes are often listed on the death certificates and can easily be identified by doctors.

Which official reason is there for claiming someone died due to ‘old age”?

Official guidelines say that ‘older age’ should not be considered solely as a cause for death.

While there’s no age limit to say someone has died due to ‘old-age’, it’s accepted generally if they’re over 80.

Also, the doctor should have observed a decline in the patient’s health and their ability to function in everyday life for several months or years.

It must not be obvious that there was an injury or disease which contributed to the death. However, ‘old age” can still be considered a contributing factor.

Final condition to use ‘old age” as the cause for death is that the doctor has deemed it safe.

Why do doctors tell their patients not to attribute old-age deaths?

Family members of the deceased are at risk from being upset by doctors who might not believe that ‘old age” is a valid reason for the death.

If there is any doubt about the physician’s decision, a medic may need to give evidence to support the listing of “old age” as the cause death to the coroners and health care regulators.

Hospitals should not attribute deaths to ‘old age’ as they are unlikely to have an older person in the hospital without any underlying diseases or injuries.

Are we really destined to die in old age?

According to medical standards, the answer is no.

While this term is true, most deaths are due to other conditions that have been exacerbated over time or accumulation.

A person might have heart issues for many years, but as they get older the problem becomes more severe and eventually kills them.

A fall is another example, and while it’s not usually fatal, the stress of injury, recovery, and immune system disruption can make people more susceptible to infection.

According to some experts, the body is limited in its recovery ability. As people get older, they eventually start to lose their strength and snap.

According to Dr Alexander Fitzthum (director of Ohio State University’s autopsy services), “Eventually, the combined damage causes a form tissue/organ dysfunction that is incompatible with living,”

“Consider the elasticity of a rubberband. You can stretch it multiple times and let it relax, but eventually it will snap.

“Our bodies work in the same way.”

 

The Duke of Sussex, 38, was reportedly left ‘furious’ after King Charles phoned to tell him it was ‘not appropriate’ for Meghan, 41, to accompany him to the Scottish estate on September 8.

William was with his uncles Andrew, Edward and took an RAF plane to Scotland. But Harry is said to have missed it because he was ‘so busy trying to get Meghan to Balmoral and rowing with his family’.

Told to make his own travel arrangements, he landed at Aberdeen Airport without the Duchess of Sussex – minutes after the Queen’s death was announced to the world. Courtiers issued the declaration at 6.30pm, just over an hour after William and other senior royals had arrived to join Charles at the Queen’s residence.

Kate and William, who are both 40 years old, were never suggested to go together. She stayed in London.

According to the Mail, however, it was reported that a spokesperson for Harry and Meghan had announced in the morning that Harry would be arriving. However, Meghan didn’t return by afternoon.

Harry was ashen-faced when he arrived at Balmoral shortly before 8pm in a Range Rover. 

The Sun reported that Harry was invited to dine at Birkhall, his father’s home on the Balmoral estate, with the King, William and Camilla, Queen Consort.

He was said to instead have remained at Balmoral Castle alongside the Earl and Countess Of Wessex, and the Duke and Duchess of York.

A source told the newspaper: ‘Harry was so busy trying to get Meghan to Balmoral and rowing with his family that he missed the flight.

‘Charles has an open invitation for Harry to dine with him whenever he is in the country. Harry became so angry that he wouldn’t eat with his father or brother…

‘And he got out of Balmoral at the earliest opportunity to catch the first commercial flight back to London.’

Harry took a flight to Heathrow Airport at 8:15 am the following morning. He was reunited with his wife in Windsor at Frogmore Cottage.

Although they moved to California after ‘Megxit’, the Sussexes happened to be in Europe, without their children Archie, three, and Lilibet, one, on a mini ‘royal’-style tour, including an event in Germany for the duke’s forthcoming Invictus Games.

Despite Harry and Meghan having turned their back on royal life and having publicly attacked ‘The Firm’, Charles, 73, included his love for the couple in his televised address to the world the day after the Queen’s death, saying: ‘I want also to express my love for Harry and Meghan as they continue to build their lives overseas.’

Harry and Meghan joined William and Kate – now the Prince and Princess of Wales – to greet well-wishers and see flowers left in tribute to the Queen in Windsor on September 10.

Last Saturday, when the brothers stood vigil at the head and foot of their grandmother’s coffin, flanked by their cousins, for 15 minutes as the Queen lay in state in Westminster Hall, Charles allowed Harry to wear a military uniform.

Harry and Meghan both attended the Queen’s funeral on Monday, with Harry wearing a morning suit. According to reports, they flew home from California on Monday after the funeral.

Meghan’s friend Gayle King, a US chat show host, has claimed that the Sussexes did not strike a peace deal with the Royal Family during their stay in the UK despite ‘efforts on both sides to sort of make this right’.

Professor Huw Tom, the head of the Medical Household who was formerly a physician to Queen Elizabeth II, was charged with looking after Queen Victoria’s health.

Douglas Glass was the Apothecary of the Queen. He also acted in 2019, as Charles’ doctor, when he visited Germany. Dr Glass certified the cause and manner of death for the monarch.

If the doctor who certifies death is able to care for the deceased patient for many years, has not been aware of any diseases or injuries that may have contributed to his death, and has observed the gradual decline in health and function of the individual’s body over time it will be acceptable.

The Crown Jewels were poignantly removed from the casket to show that the Queen's reign was at an end before it went down to the royal crypt at her funeral at St George's Chapel, Windsor, on Monday September 19

In an effort to demonstrate that Queen Elizabeth II’s reign had ended, the Crown Jewels were removed poignantly from the casket at the funeral of St George’s Chapel in Windsor.

She had sporadic mobility difficulties during her last years and was regularly seen using a walking stick.

This was after the Head of State secretly went to London’s private hospital in October for preliminary investigations. It was her first overnight stay for eight years.

While the monarch returned to Windsor Castle quickly, she was forced by doctors to perform light tasks for the next three months. She missed many important events such as the Cop26 Climate Change Summit in Glasgow and Festival of Remembrance.

The Queen, who was on her summer vacation at Balmoral, performed one her most important duties and requested Liz Truss form a government and to become her 15th Prime Minister.

Following 70 years’ service, Queen Elizabeth was laid to Rest on September 19, after which family, friends, as well as the nation, said fond farewell.

This woman was not meant to be the sovereign. The Queen kept her vow to serve the Commonwealth and nation.

She was supported by her family as she clung to her coffin during the lengthy day of her funeral. This simple, but powerful tribute to her mother, is evident in the expression on King Charles III’s face. He soon returned to Scotland, where he continues to be with his Queen Consort.

Revealed – The doctor who signed the Queen’s death cert had served her for 34 year after having been appointed to Apothecary of Her Majesty at Balmoral’s Household during Buckingham Palace’s 1988 ceremony

It can be seen that the Queen’s death certificate, signed by a Scottish doctor for over 30 years, was signed by him.

Douglas James Allan Glass (Dr. Douglas James Allan Glass) was the one who saved the Queen Mother’s health from a choke on a fishbone. He began his position as an Apothecary for Her Majesty’s Household at Balmoral, on March 30, 1998. 

The official presentation of his title at Buckingham Palace on April 5th, 2012 was just days later. 

Dr Douglas James Allan Glass began his role as Apothecary to Her Majesty's Household at Balmoral on March 30 1998 (Pictured: Dr Douglas Glass and his now ex-wife Suzanne at their romantic hillside wedding overlooking Royal Deeside near Ballater in April 1996)

Dr Douglas James Allan Glass began his role as Apothecary to Her Majesty’s Household at Balmoral on March 30 1998 (Pictured: Dr Douglas Glass and his now ex-wife Suzanne at their romantic hillside wedding overlooking Royal Deeside near Ballater in April 1996)

Dr Douglas James Allan Glass began his roles as Apothecary to Her Majesty's Household at Balmoral (pictured) on March 30 1998

Dr Douglas James Allan Glass, Apothecary of Her Majesty’s Household At Balmoral, began his role (pictured), on March 30, 1998

It was May 1993, when the Queen Mother received a broken fish bone in her throat. 

To remove the tumor, she had to undergo surgery at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary under general anaesthesia. She remained there for several days.

The role of Dr Glass is very similar to Dr Timothy Evans’s, which looked after the health and wellbeing of the monarch at Windsor’s royal household. 

Dr Glass works in Aboyne Highlands as a General Practitioner. It is located around 20 miles from Balmoral Castle where the Queen, who was 96, died. 

Although he was working at Braemar Hospital Clinic from at least July 2020 it’s not known if he is still there.

On Monday, September 26, 2016, he signed Her Majesty’s death certificate, confirming her old age. 

In 2006, he made headlines when he split from his wife following the discovery that she was being obstetrically induced by her guitarist tutor.