Queen Elizabeth II Cause of Death: Australian Doctor Says Queen's Mottled Hands May Be a Sign of Peripheral Vascular Disease

The recent death of Queen Elizabeth II shocked the world with many left asking what caused her death and how the Queen died. However, official announcements did not specifiy the cause merely saying Her Royal Highness "died peacefully." But prior to her death, there had been news about her health condition including mobility issues which is the reason why she wasn't present in some events.

Queen Elizabeth's possible cause of death, according to a doctor

In a report, a doctor pointed out to Queen Elizabeth II's frail appearance at her final royal appointment as a sign that she was going to die within days.

Mail Online reported that according to Perth, Western Australia-based Dr. Deb Cohen-Jones, photos of the queen's hands as she posed alongside the United Kingdom's new Prime Minister Liz Truss at Balmoral Castle in Scotland early this week were possibly an indication of declining health.

The doctor said that there is possibly evidence of a condition known as peripheral vascular disease. It is a blood circulation disease that causes the blood vessels outside the heart and brain to narrow, block, or spasm.

Additionally, it can, at times, lead to heart failure. If an individual's peripheral circulation is poor, organs are not receiving an adequate blood supply. It can be an indication of multi-organ failure, the doctor explained.

Common Peripheral Vascular Disease Symptoms

Some of the common symptoms of this condition which are detailed in a Johns Hopkins Medicine report, are intermittent pain which may appear as "muscle fatigue" or cramps, numbness and pins, the affected body part, and needles.

The hands of the late Queen were "mottled," typically when the heart cannot pump blood anymore effectively.

Essentially, the blood pressure is slowly dropping, and blood flow throughout the body is slowing, causing extremities to start feeling cold to touch, a report from Crossroad Hospice specified.

Regrettably, Dr. verified that Queen Elizabeth II "would have been in a lot of pain" if she suffered from the chronic disease, which looks very serious.

'Mottling' Hands

There's no way to find out how long the "mottling" has been there, as the queen had not been seen in public for quite some time, and she frequently wore gloves.

Therefore, it was more likely that her remarkably strong disposition and will to complete the royal engagement that saw her beaming at the new prime minister early this week.

The monarch's slightly hunched appearance would have been her age, not to mention, more than possibly, osteoporosis.

Buckingham Palace officially announced the death of Britain's longest-serving monarch at age 96 on Thursday at 6:30 pm.

The Queen Suffered From Episodic Mobility Problems

Queen Elizabeth used the aide of a walking stick when she welcomed Truss to the Balmoral Castle audience, where she invited the newly-elected leader to become prime minister.

The historic audience was the first time for the queen. She had experienced ongoing mobility issues in carrying out the key responsibilities at her retreat in Aberdeenshire instead of Buckingham Palace.

It was also the first time for her to be pictured since her arrival at the estate in July for her summer holiday. Queen Elizabeth II had been experiencing episodic mobility problems since last autumn, and the decision was taken a week ago to ask the outgoing and incoming premiers to travel the thousand-mile-round trip to see her.

A related report about the queen's death is shown on CBS New York's YouTube video below:

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