London Bridge

As Queen Elizabeth II's health becomes one of the most pressing matters all around the world, there are many protocols that need to be taken in case a ...

Eventually, the Queen will be moved to Buckingham Palace on board of the Royal Train and return to the Throne Room. All mourners will be enouraged to pay their respects around the Scottish Parliament, the Palace of Holyroodhouse and St. The Scottish Parliament needs to immediately suspend all business and needs to manage what can become hundreds of thousands of visitors to pay their respects at Balmoral. [Queen Elizabeth II's health](https://www.marca.com/en/lifestyle/uk-news/2022/09/08/6319ed9f268e3e820a8b45b4.html) becomes one of the most pressing matters all around the world, there are many protocols that need to be taken in case a tragedy occurs. It was also created to prevent an overflow of subjects who want to pay their respects to the Queen at Buckingham Palace. This needs to be followed exactly as written in order to ensure a smooth transition of power to the Queen's eldest son,

Queen Elizabeth II, the UK's longest-serving monarch, has died at Balmoral aged 96, after reigning for 70 years. Her family gathered at her Scottish estate ...

According to The Guardian, the Prime Minister at the time will be woken, if not already awake, and informed by civil servants that “London Bridge is down” "The King and the Queen Consort will remain at Balmoral this evening and will return to London tomorrow." • According to The Guardian, the Prime Minister at the time will be woken, if not already awake, and informed by civil servants that “London Bridge is down”.

Operation London Bridge is the watertight plan that has long been put into place for when the monarch passes away.

The coffin will then be transported to Westminster Abbey, where the funeral will take place from 11 a.m. "It'll just be a phenomenal 10 days of pomp and circumstance," Booth told The Washington Post. [new school](https://www.newsweek.com/prince-louis-lambrook-school-first-day-william-kate-hand-1740884) near Windsor Castle but will have returned home to find their father has already traveled to Scotland. Should she pass away outside of the English capital, the flags will be raised again at 11 a.m. the day after her death and Charles will officially become king. Vincent and the Grenadines, Grenada, the Bahamas, and Antigua and Barbuda. [Queen Elizabeth II](https://www.newsweek.com/topic/queen-elizabeth-ii) currently under medical supervision, people in much of the U.K. This news will then be shared with the governments where the queen is also head of state. The Queen remains comfortable and at Balmoral." [BBC](https://www.newsweek.com/topic/bbc), where all of the news anchors will be required to wear black, and the usually red BBC logo will be switched to black. All of the flags will be lowered to half-staff and bells will toll across the city. [Prince Charles](https://www.newsweek.com/topic/prince-charles), unofficially becoming the head of state, he will be required to make his first speech as monarch on the evening of her passing.

Queen Elizabeth II died at 96 today. The 96-year-old monarch had been dogged by health problems since October last year that left her with difficulties ...

Her closest family travelled to join her on Thursday after doctors placed her under medical supervision before she died. Details of "Operation London Bridge" were leaked to Politico, which said officials would refer to the day the Queen dies as "D Day". The 96-year-old monarch had been dogged by health problems since October last year that left her with difficulties walking and standing.

The British government dubbed the protocol of handling Queen Elizabeth II's death "Operation London Bridge." It maps out the steps for accession, ...

[notifies the public](https://twitter.com/RoyalFamily/status/1567928275913121792) of the queen's death. [Accession Council](https://privycouncil.independent.gov.uk/privy-council/the-accession-council/) — a gathering traditionally held at St. [brief statement](https://twitter.com/RoyalFamily/status/1567936934290329608), as does [U.K. A ceremonial procession carries her coffin to Westminster. James's Palace — meets, usually within 24 hours of a monarch's death. The British government dubbed the intricate protocol of handling Elizabeth's death "Operation London Bridge."

The Queen's coffin is likely to be taken to the Palace of Holyroodhouse, the Guardian says, adding that the plan also includes a ceremonial procession to St ...

This, according to the BBC, will happen at St James’s Palace in London, in front of a ceremonial body known as the Accession Council. The part of the plan for her death at her favourite castle in Scotland was codenamed ‘Operation Unicorn’. Her death kicked off a detailed plan, put in place in the 1960s, to play out in the eventuality of the monarch’s death.

Queen Elizabeth II has died aged 96, Buckingham Palace has confirmed. The UK will now enter a 10 day period of mourning in which parliament and almost all ...

VIPs will be granted special tickets to pay their respects at an allotted time. She then spoke to the new King, who will be known as Charles III. "Queen Elizabeth II was the rock on which modern Britain was built. This took place within 10 minutes of the announcement. It will then be transported back to London by royal train, a process known as Operation Unicorn, and the Prime Minister and senior ministers will welcome the coffin at a special reception at St Pancras station, before it is taken to Buckingham Palace ahead of being taken to Westminster Hall to lie in state. Social media posts from government departments have also been suspended. The funeral service itself will take place at Westminster Abbey, expected to be before Monday, 19 September, and will be deemed a “Day of National Mourning”. It includes important steps from the British political establishment. "The death of Her Majesty the Queen is a huge shock to the nation and to the world. The Prime Minister and the Cabinet will hold an audience with the new King tomorrow after he returns to London and Charles will deliver a broadcast to the nation at 6pm. The public was then officially notified with a proclamation placed at the gates of Buckingham Palace and in a tweet from the official Royal Family account. The UK will now enter a 10 day period of mourning in which parliament and almost all government business will be paused.

The well-oiled machinery of the monarchy must keep going. But first, the late Queen must be late to rest.

Her late husband, Prince Phillip, who died in April last year and was interred in one of the vaults of the chapel as a temporary measure, will be moved to the Royal Vaults to be reunited with his sovereign and wife for 73 years. Following that, it will be moved to the adjacent Westminster Abbey for the funeral. The original plans assumed that news outlets across the country and around the globe would learn of the Queen’s death all at once. The death of the monarch has already triggered 10 days of official mourning. It is safe to guess that the longest-living and longest-reigning British monarch has outlived most not all of those who originally planned her funeral. In 2021, the comprehensive plan for what will happen after the Queen dies was leaked.

Queen Elizabeth II died at 96 on Thursday in Scotland. The queen reigned over Britain for 70 years and her death is known in official circles in the UK as ...

No official details have been released about what will happen over the coming days, but it is anticipated that the Queen will be given a full state funeral, as is traditional to mark the death of a monarch. The State Funeral is expected at Westminster Abbey in London. A national mourning and minute’s silence will be announced after Prime Minister Truss meets with the new King.