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**Queen’s Death Certificate Reveals Family Drama and Last-Minute Rush to Balmoral**

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**Queen’s Death Certificate Reveals Family Drama and Last-Minute Rush to Balmoral**

The release of the Queen's death certificate today sheds additional light on the remarkable 24 hours that altered the monarchy and ancient British history forever.

According to the late monarch's death certificate, published by National Records of Scotland on Thursday, the Queen died at 3.10pm on September 8th at Balmoral Castle, more than three hours before the world was told of her passing.

Crucially, the certificate confirmed what was suspected on the day, that some of the monarch's children and grandchildren, including the Prince of Wales, Duke of York, Earl and Countess of Wessex, and Duke of Sussex, tried in vain to be at the 96-year-old's bedside.

They cleared their schedule as soon as doctors expressed their concern, boarding a flight at 2.39pm.

However, they didn't arrive until 5.30pm, which means they likely learnt the news while they were in the air.

Just after 5pm, they arrived at Balmoral in a fleet of cars driven by .

The document was signed by the Princess Royal, who was by her side, as was her eldest son, Charles.

He was seen flying to Balmoral with wife and arrived at 10.30am.

The document raises fresh questions about when was told about his grandmother's death, having travelled separately from his brother William and uncles Andrew and Edward.

Harry reportedly found out that his grandmother had died five minutes before the public announcement was made.

However, palace aides reacted angrily to claims that Harry had been given just five minutes notice of his grandmother's passing before it was made public, with a spokesman for the King stressing that the public was only informed after every family member had been informed.

A source told the Telegraph that had not been treated differently than any other members of the royal family, and that the King had not been in regular contact with anyone on that difficult day.

The source said, “That was a father talking, because he cares.”

At 1.50pm, a spokesperson for the Duke of Sussex announced he would be travelling to Scotland but he also arrived too late to say farewell.

Prince Harry boarded a flight at London Luton Airport and departed for Aberdeen at 5.35pm, twenty minutes after the flight was originally scheduled to depart.

The Duke of Sussex then landed in Aberdeen at 6.46pm, shortly after the announcement of her death, and was photographed wearing a black suit and tie as he sat in the back of a car as he was whisked to the royal estate just before 8pm.

There are rumours that Harry had a long fight with , so that's why he was late.

Blind Item from Crazy Days and Nights quoted saying, “Speaking of the illiterate one, her husband could have made it in time, but that hour-long fight between the pair kept him from being there.”

At about 6.02pm the night before, Buckingham Palace announced that the Queen had postponed her virtual Privy Council meeting after being advised by the royal doctors to rest.

Though the advice did not involve a hospital stay, the announcement instantly raised fresh fears for Her Majesty's health, who had been having mobility issues for several months and had previously cancelled a number of appearances at high-profile public events, including the Platinum Jubilee celebrating her 70 years on the throne.

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