Sad detail in Queen’s newly released death certificate

The newly released official document is light on some information — but one key detail given sheds new insight into her final hours.

The death certificate for Queen Elizabeth II shows she died of old age at 3.10pm — meaning most of her family was still travelling to Scotland to be with her and missed her last moments.

The official document released yesterday is light on details — but at the same time fascinating in those it does give.

As well as the 96-year-old’s cause of death, it lists the late monarch’s occupation as “Her Majesty The Queen”.

It describes her marital status as “widowed” and goes on to name her late ­husband as “His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh”.

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The Queen's death certificate has been released.

The Queen's death certificate has been released.

The document, released by National Records of Scotland, names the place she died as Balmoral Castle and her usual residence as Windsor Castle.

It even gives the postcodes for both addresses.

There are also sections that ask for the names of the deceased’s parents and their occupations — given as “King George VI” and “Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother”.

The Queen’s daughter Princess Anne is recorded as the person who gave the information about Her Majesty’s death.

But the recorded time of death as 3.10pm was when Princes William, Andrew and Edward, and his wife Sophie Wessex, were all on a jet racing to be by her side.

They did not arrive at Balmoral until around 5pm.

Prince Harry arrived even later, at around 8pm — an hour and a half after the official announcement of the death.

Most of the Queen’s family arrived at Balmoral after she’d already died. Picture: AFP

The Queen had suffered serious mobility problems in the year leading up to her death and was forced to pull out of a string of engagements.

Just a few days before she died she was pictured looking frail and with bruises on her right hand when she was photographed with new Prime Minister Liz Truss.

She refused to pull out of the traditional “kissing hands” ceremony with Ms Truss when aides and family raised concerns for her condition.

A source claimed Her Majesty had said: “Of course I have to, it’s my job.”

On Thursday, September 8, Buckingham Palace announced at 12.30pm that doctors were concerned for the Queen’s health but that she was “under medical supervision” and “comfortable”.

Within minutes Kensington Palace announced William was heading to Balmoral.

Kate stayed at Windsor for George, Charlotte and Louis’ first day at school.

William and Andrew were seen at around 1.30pm being driven separately from Windsor.

A royal jet had already arrived at RAF Northolt the night before.

Records show it was due to leave for Aberdeen at 1.30pm — but take-off was delayed until 2.39pm.

It eventually landed at Aberdeen at 3.50pm.

Meanwhile, the Sussexes announced that both Harry and Meghan were also going to be travelling to Scotland.

‘INAPPROPRIATE’

Charles is reported to have blocked Harry from bringing Meghan to Balmoral. Picture: AFP

The Sun understands Harry had “insisted” that Meghan should be allowed to go to Balmoral but his dad Charles told him it was “inappropriate”.

However it quickly emerged that neither Harry nor Meghan had flown on the royal flight and only William, Andrew, Edward and Sophie were aboard.

All four would have been in the air when the Queen died at 3.10pm.

Flight records show Harry eventually left Luton Airport at 5.35pm on a Cessna private jet and landed shortly after the death was officially announced at 6.32pm.

It is thought that the future King Charles, his wife Camilla and Princess Anne were the only family members at Balmoral when the Queen died.

Anne had arrived the previous day, ­having cut short a sailing trip off the north coast of Scotland.

Then, on the day Her Majesty’s deteriorating condition was announced, both Charles and Camilla pulled out of a series of engagements and meetings.

Charles flew in a helicopter 150 miles from Dumfries House to Balmoral.

He landed at around 11.30am and headed straight to his beloved mother’s bedside.

Anne later said she was “fortunate to share the last 24 hours of my dearest mother’s life”.

Douglas Glass, the Queen’s doctor when she was in Scotland, is named as the medical practitioner who certified Her Majesty’s death.

The advice from coroners is that “old age” can be given as the sole cause of death in some “very limited circumstances”.

It should only be used if the patient was over 80 years of age and the doctor has observed a period of gradual decline and is unaware of any disease or injury that contributed to the death.

The same cause was recorded for Prince Philip when he died in April last year.

The term refers to the “lifetime sum total of injury” to the body’s tissues and organs, it is understood.

This story originally appeared on The Sun and is republished here with permission.