Yesterday his official death notice was revealed. It states that the cause of death was simply ‘old age’.
It was certified by Sir Huw Thomas, head of the royal medical household.
The description ‘old age’ is accepted if the patient is over 80 and if the doctor has personally cared for the patient for a long period, observing a gradual decline.
It suggests there was no other identifiable disease or injury that contributed to the death, including the heart condition that forced him to undergo a surgical procedure just weeks before he died, according to The Daily Telegraph, which obtained the certificate.