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Queen Elizabeth II has died of old age, according to her death certificate.
The document, published by National Records of Scotland on Thursday, says the late British monarch died at Balmoral Castle in Ballater, Scotland, at 3:10pm UK time (10:10am ET) on September 8.
The cause of death is listed as old age. The document is signed by the Queen’s daughter, Princess Anne.
Britain’s longest-reigning monarch has passed away peacefully at the age of 96.
Her death initiated a period of national mourning. King Charles III, who ascended to the throne after the death of his mother, was formally proclaimed the new monarch of the United Kingdom on September 10.
Charles paid tribute to his mother’s historic reign of seven decades, calling it “unmatched in its duration, its devotion, and its devotion.”
“Even as we mourn, we give thanks for this very faithful life,” he said at the historic ceremony at St. James’s Palace.
World leaders recognized the global impact the Queen had made during her 70-year reign, and the world bid the monarch farewell on September 19 at a state funeral filled with pomp and ceremony.
Members of the royal family, dignitaries, presidents and prime ministers gathered at Westminster Abbey for a somber service, as tens of thousands of people flocked to the surrounding streets and along the 40-mile processional route from central London to Windsor, hoping to catch the sight. get on the sovereign’s flag-draped casket as it traveled by hearse to its final resting place.
Later that evening, she and her 73-year-old husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, were buried in the King George VI Memorial Chapel. An annex to St George’s Chapel, it also houses the remains of the Queen’s father, her mother the Queen Mother and her sister Princess Margaret.
Buckingham Palace released a photo last week showing the sovereign’s final resting place, which shows an engraved ledger stone, made from hand-carved Belgian black marble, with inlaid copper letters bearing the names of her parents and her husband. .
