As we approach the two year anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II’s passing, some people are only just discovering what her full name really was according to her death certificate.
After her death, many revelations were made about her life, including what her full name was.
If you’re lucky, death certificates probably aren’t something you’ve spent too much time thinking about in life – so for full disclosure, they tend to include details such as a person’s full name, date of birth and occupation.
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Queen Elizabeth’s pony watches funeral procession go by. Credit: BBC
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However, when it came to the Queen’s, things looked slightly different to your average and people were surprised by what they saw.
Things took a usual start, noting that the district of her death was Aberdeenshire.
But it was the following details that people were so flummoxed by they saw it on social media.
People on X screenshotted the certificate due to the shock of learning the Queen’s full legal name was ‘Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor’.
A user wrote: „Oh wow, I always thought officially the Queen didn’t have a last name. So weird to see it on a document like this.”
I can’t say that I didn’t know she had a last name, but the middle names were news to me.
The next detail also stuck out to people, too.
The Queen passed away in 2022 (Samir Hussein/WireImage)
Listed under occupation was simply: „Her Majesty the Queen.”
One person joked: „If my occupation doesn’t have the word „Queen” in it on my death cert I’ll haunt you all.”
Another said: „The occupation is sending me.”
In all seriousness, though, if you’re wondering what that occupation entails – the Royal Family website states: „The Queen’s famous red boxes carried the State papers which Her Majesty was presented with every day of her working life.
„Her duties included formally agreeing to make bills into Acts of Parliament, or laws.
„She also had a special relationship with her Prime Ministers, meeting with them on a regular – usually weekly – basis. She was famously able to ‘encourage or warn’ whilst always remaining politically neutral.”