Revealed: Doctor who signed Queen’s death certificate had served her for 34 years after being personally appointed as Apothecary to Her Majesty’s Household at Balmoral during Buckingham Palace ceremony in 1988
- Dr Douglas James Allan Glass began working for the monarchy in March 1988
- Online records show he has worked as a GP in the Highlands village of Aboyne
- He signed Queen’s death certificate this week, confirming she died of old age
The Queen’s death certificate was signed by a Scottish doctor who has worked for the monarchy for more than 30 years, it can be revealed.
Dr Douglas James Allan Glass – who once saved the late Queen Mother’s life when she choked on a fish bone – began his role as Apothecary to Her Majesty’s Household at Balmoral on March 30 1998.
His title became official during a special presentation at Buckingham Palace just a few days later on April 5 the same year.
The incident with the Queen Mother occurred when a fish bone lodged in her throat while staying at Balmoral in May 1993.
She eventually had to have surgery under general anaesthetic to remove it at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, where she spent several days.
Dr Glass’s role is similar to that of Dr Timothy Evans, who looked after the late monarch’s health at the royal household in Windsor.
Dr Glass also works as a GP in the Highlands village of Aboyne, around 20 miles from Balmoral Castle, where the Queen died aged 96 on Thursday September 8.
He was listed as working at the Braemar Health Clinic until at least July 2020, although it is not clear if he still works there.
He signed the death certificate of Her Majesty on Monday (September 26), confirming that she had died of old age.
He previously made the news in 2006 when he separated from his wife after discovering she was pregnant by her guitar tutor, who she had been seeing behind his back.
Dr Douglas James Allan Glass began his role as Apothecary to Her Majesty’s Household at Balmoral on March 30 1998 (Pictured: Dr Douglas Glass and his now ex-wife Suzanne at their romantic hillside wedding overlooking Royal Deeside near Ballater in April 1996)
Revealed: The Queen’s death certificate has been released and says her cause of death was ‘old age’
The Queen’s death certificate, released today by National Records of Scotland, revealed the late monarch had died at 3.10pm – more than three hours before the public was informed.
The informant of her death was the Princess Royal, Queen Elizabeth II’s daughter Princess Anne.
The historic document, which gives the monarch’s occupation as ‘Her Majesty The Queen, reveals that only King Charles and his only sister were by their mother’s side when she died in Aberdeenshire.
Prince William, Prince Andrew, Prince Edward and his wife, Sophie Countess of Wessex, were in the air when the Queen passed away.
They had been racing to Balmoral took off from RAF Northolt in South Ruislip, west London, at 2.39pm, landing an hour later.
Prince Harry was not on the plane with his brother and had to make his own journey to Scotland on a jet from Luton, after his grandmother had died. He landed in Aberdeen at 6.46pm, 16 minutes after the Palace made its announcement.
Old age was the only cause of death listed, with no other contributing factors. It was the same cause of death as on her husband Prince Philip’s death certificate.
Paul Lowe, the Registrar General for Scotland, confirmed that the Queen’s death was registered in Aberdeenshire on September 16 2022.
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