Queen Elizabeth II: Cause and time of death released

Queen Elizabeth II: Cause and time of death released

Three weeks after Queen Elizabeth II’s death, her official death certificate was released. The document reveals the cause and time of death of the British monarch.

Queen Elizabeth II has died of old age. This emerges from the death certificate, which has now been published by the Scottish National Archives. The British Queen was 96 years old. The document also gives the exact time of death of the monarch. Accordingly, she died on September 8 at 3:10 p.m. local time (4:10 p.m. CEST) at her Scottish castle Balmoral. The public was only informed at 6.30 p.m. UK time (7.30 p.m. CEST), around three hours after the death of the Queen. So far it was only known that she died in the afternoon.

Death of Queen Elizabeth II: Princess Anne informed the authorities

Authorities learned of the Queen’s death at the hands of her daughter Princess Anne. This is also evident from the document. “I was fortunate to spend the last 24 hours of my mother’s life with her. It was an honor and a privilege to accompany her on her final journey,” the Queen said after the death.

The 72-year-old took on a central role during the funeral ceremonies. For example, she accompanied the Queen’s coffin when it was brought by car from Balmoral Castle to Edinburgh. A few days later, Princess Anne was on the plane that took the coffin from Scotland to London and she was also on the last stop, the hearse’s journey from London to Windsor.

On September 19, Elizabeth II was buried in the chapel at Windsor Castle. Visitors can now see the new tombstone in the royal tomb visit. The stone with the names of the Queen, her husband Prince Philip and their parents replaces the previous black marble stone in the floor, on which only the names of the parents – George VI. as well as Elizabeth – stood. Also, the years of their birth and death are noted on it.

Source: Stern

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