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Why did the Palace announce the late Queen was under medical supervision

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asblindasabat · 22/01/2023 00:45

On the day the late Queen died, why did they make the announcement that her doctors were concerned for her health and had placed her under medical supervision at Balmoral in the hours prior to the announcement of her passing?

They didn’t do that when Prince Philip died, I remember they just came out and broke the news that he had died, there was no build up to it in the hours before the announcement of his passing.

I think she died at about 3pm day that day, I have wondered if she maybe died a few hours before that and if the announcement of her health was just made in the interim before the family were ready to make her passing known to the public?

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ChiefPearlClutcher · 22/01/2023 00:47

Because she is the head of state? Literally the queen of the country? Where prince P is like any other citizen.

HeddaGarbled · 22/01/2023 00:49

She died at the time it said on her death certificate. Death certificates don’t get falsified for anyone, even the Queen. It wasn’t announced to the nation until several hours later.

HereComesMaleficent · 22/01/2023 00:52

I always assumed it was to "gently prepare" everyone that the big announcement was on its way.

It allowed people to get their ducks in a row, change into black suits and so forth, for the important people. And us for us plebs it was a heads up, things were going downhill and to expect the worst soon.

Facecream · 22/01/2023 00:52

Literally, what? Why are you posting?

Jelliez · 22/01/2023 00:57

HeddaGarbled · 22/01/2023 00:49

She died at the time it said on her death certificate. Death certificates don’t get falsified for anyone, even the Queen. It wasn’t announced to the nation until several hours later.

Well…. They don’t get falsified but there can be ‘lies of omission’

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asblindasabat · 22/01/2023 00:59

Facecream · 22/01/2023 00:52

Literally, what? Why are you posting?

Because she was a well known public figure and I happened to wonder.

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HeddaGarbled · 22/01/2023 01:00

How can recording the time of death be an “omission”?

SocialLite · 22/01/2023 01:02

Probably because everyone would've questioned why all the senior royals had suddenly cancelled their engagements and traveled to Scotland, so an announcement had to be made.

ScrambledSmegs · 22/01/2023 01:05

There was a rumour that she had had a stroke in the night/early morning and she was alive but was not expected to live long.

It seems plausible but really, I don't know. Also, elderly woman becomes ill and dies isn't that surprising as news goes.

Theunamedcat · 22/01/2023 01:06

HeddaGarbled · 22/01/2023 01:00

How can recording the time of death be an “omission”?

Depends really with an ordinary member of the public telling the ambulance or whoever they have stopped breathing an hour after they actually stopped breathing wouldn't make a difference but she was the Queen they were monitoring her closely

Boulshired · 22/01/2023 01:06

Some people die suddenly even if they are known to be unwell and some it’s clear it’s their last few hours.

Boulshired · 22/01/2023 01:10

I do find this in very bad taste

Imogensmumma · 22/01/2023 01:15

I agree with a previous poster it was a gentle warning. Much better than a cold the Queen has passed and it explained why key royals quickly got to Balmoral and cancelled engagements

Winniethepig · 22/01/2023 01:18

To prepare the public for the news, the same reason the BBC started wearing black because it was imminent.

AttentionAll · 22/01/2023 01:22

Either she died earlier than they said, or she was very close to death for a few hours.
It is pretty easy to lie about the time of death.

NuffSaidSam · 22/01/2023 01:23

I assumed it was to prepare people for some quite big news.

With Philip maybe there wasn't a warning? Perhaps he just died in his sleep/dropped dead. He was quite old!

Sugarfree23 · 22/01/2023 01:56

I think everyone sort of knew PP was really ill when he left the hospital a few weeks earlier. There seemed to be an almost permanent rumour that he had died, with announcements to be made at x time, for months before he actually died

HMQ was seen just two days before her death, they needed to prepare the public for the news. And she was the Monarch si lots of things would change upon her death.

PuttingDownRoots · 22/01/2023 02:19

I thought was to stop the speculation when Charles etc suddenly legged it to Scotland. It wasn't something they could actually hide so they were honest.

Maybe if the family were all at Sandringham together for example, it might have been different.

YetMoreNewBeginnings · 22/01/2023 02:21

With Philip they also wouldn’t have wanted any risk of crowds starting to gather as we still had restrictions.

Making the announcement about the Queen gave people time to prepare - broadcasters, newspapers, the police (the seas of flowers at palaces was inevitable), the military and even things like other royal families abroad. People who needed could start making preparations.

Plus it meant things like the flight with William, Edward, Sophie and Andrew didn’t make people think “wtf?”

EmmaEmerald · 22/01/2023 02:23

What a strange thing to wonder about.

one possibility is that our late Majesty had doctors called to provide comfort care, whereas Prince Philip might not have needed this.

I don't know what you are fishing for but there's nothing odd.

EmmaEmerald · 22/01/2023 02:27

PuttingDownRoots · 22/01/2023 02:19

I thought was to stop the speculation when Charles etc suddenly legged it to Scotland. It wasn't something they could actually hide so they were honest.

Maybe if the family were all at Sandringham together for example, it might have been different.

He was already in Scotland that day.

Firefly1987 · 22/01/2023 05:34

ScrambledSmegs · 22/01/2023 01:05

There was a rumour that she had had a stroke in the night/early morning and she was alive but was not expected to live long.

It seems plausible but really, I don't know. Also, elderly woman becomes ill and dies isn't that surprising as news goes.

If that was the case wouldn't the family have arrived sooner if they had warning she was seriously ill?
I wondered how come doctors hadn't advised the family to come earlier-she'd been told to rest a couple days before but they couldn't have thought she was gravely ill otherwise you'd think they would've said come over the day before. Not everyone can be there when their loved one passes but you'd think with the Queen they'd be able to make sure the family got to see her in time. Sadly it was a long journey though.

Jelliez · 22/01/2023 05:39

HeddaGarbled · 22/01/2023 01:00

How can recording the time of death be an “omission”?

It was more the cause, not the time….

ExcaliburBaby · 22/01/2023 07:57

Public bodies and big organisations have plans in place that are activated on the death of a monarch. However it’s still a really tricky and stressful time as you can’t get anything wrong for fear of public backlash. Those few hours gave organisations the chance to check and double check arrangements and prepare for the announcement. I’m not saying that’s why the announcement was made - just that it did give organisations notice that they may to activate their plans soon.

I think it was to prepare the public and also explain why senior royals were dashing to balmoral.

Coffeecreme · 22/01/2023 08:03

operation london bridge
all the family were dashing to her side, up to scotland unusually

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