Queen Elizabeth II: The monarch that remained on duty until her death
Queen Elizabeth II died of ‘old age’, according to her death certificate, but remained engaged in her regal duties until her death
Queen Elizabeth II passed away on September 8, 2022, at the age of 96. Her death certificate stated that she died of “old age.”Her husband, Prince Philip, died in April 2021, and her health began to decline noticeably after their 74-year marriage ended. In October of that year, she was hospitalized, and she was seen using a walking stick for the first time in 20 years.In November of the same year, she was unable to attend the Remembrance Sunday commemorations due to a sprained back.In June of the following year, Queen Elizabeth II did not attend a thanksgiving service at St. Paul’s Cathedral on the Friday of her Platinum Jubilee.A palace spokesperson stated, “The Queen greatly enjoyed today’s Birthday Parade and Flypast but did experience some discomfort.”“Taking into account the journey and activity required to participate in tomorrow’s National Service of Thanksgiving at St. Paul’s Cathedral, Her Majesty with great reluctance has concluded that she will not attend.”This marked the beginning of a decline for the queen until her passing in September.Dr. Douglas Glass, her official apothecary in Scotland, who holds GP clinics for Balmoral staff, stated after her death that there had been concerns for the queen’s health for several months leading up to September. “It was expected, and we were quite aware of what was going to happen,” he is quoted as saying in Gyles Brandreth’s new biography, Elizabeth: An Intimate Portrait.The book, serialized by the Daily Mail, also claimed the late monarch suffered periods of low energy while insisting to aides she was determined to stay busy after her husband’s death in April the previous year.Her biographer also writes that when the Queen felt weaker, she would fill her days by watching the BBC drama Line of Duty.Just two days before her death, she was pictured appointing her 15th and final British prime minister, Liz Truss.