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Originally Posted by Chris
If death is sudden or unexplained then an inquest has to be held. If however a terminal decline in health is evident and this is attested to by a doctor, within a couple of weeks of death, then there isn’t an inquest, there isn’t a post-mortem and there may well not be a diagnosed cause of death. ‘Old age’ can and is an acceptable explanation for multiple organ failure caused by a body no longer being able to replenish itself.
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She may have already been diagnosed with terminal decline, if death was expected, doctors would issue a Statement of Intent, which basically would nullify the legal necessity for a Post-mortem. The Queen herself may have exercised her power to not permit it upon her death or existing members of the Royal family. A death certificate cannot however, be left blank, so only probable cause can be recorded as old age.
Old age itself is a very viable and recordable cause. We’re not immortals, death and taxes are certain.