London Bridge is down

The all-hands protocol, set up in the 1960s, gives detailed instructions on how to handle the first 10 days after Her Majesty's passing, ensuring a smooth ...

The coffin will then be carried up the Royal Mile to St Giles’s cathedral for a reception before being put on board the Royal Train at Waverley station. There will be a committal service in St. Parliament will meet to agree on a message of condolence, with other business suspended for 10 days, Politico stated. The proclamation will then be read at St. Paul’s Cathedral, per the plan. At 10 a.m. James’ Palace to officially proclaim King Charles III the new sovereign, according to the leaked plans. The Queen will lie in state there for three days, with her coffin on a raised box in the middle of Westminster Hall, open to the public for 23 hours a day, if the plan detailed by Politico still stands. Friday, the day following her death, will be “D+1,” until her funeral on “D+10,” which will be declared a “Day of National Mourning,” according to the plans. “Operation London Bridge” has long planned for the now King Charles III, 73, to deliver a national broadcast on “D-Day.” The Queen’s private secretary would have been the first person to hear of her death, if all went to plan, before a “call cascade” shared the news with the prime minister and Britain’s most senior ministers and officials. If unchanged, the Queen’s death will be referred to internally as “D-Day,” the military term for a major new operation — most famously, the 1944 Allied invasion of Normandy heralding the end of World War II.

The phrase 'London Bridge is down' will be used to inform family members,. Samir HusseinGetty. Buckingham Palace confirmed that Queen Elizabeth II died this ...

In a first, the news of the death was announced by the Royal Family on social media. The news was released to the media and also announced on social media. Many businesses may close on Friday in mourning at the Queen’s death, although there is no legal requirement to do so. The Council is held at St James’ Palace in London. For Elizabeth II, the phrase “London Bridge is down” will have been used to alert the PM and the heads of 15 other government where the Queen is head of state that she has died. Once the death of Queen Elizabeth II was confirmed a number of immediate steps were taken, including the phone call to the Prime Minister and then to other heads of State. The Unicorn is the official national animal of Scotland. on the day after the funeral. The former diplomat received a second knighthood in 2014, in part for his role in planning Elizabeth II’s succession, and it was his duty to inform the new After 70 years on the throne the United Kingdom is about to experience a change of monarch for the first time in multiple generations. From there, the message will have been sent to the 36 other Commonwealth nations where she continues to serve as a symbolic figurehead. The Queen’s senior doctor Sir Huw Thomas has been overseeing her final hours, during which she was visited by close family and friends.

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 passed away Thursday at the age of 96, ending a 70-year reign as monarch. She was the world's longest-serving monarch.

The BBC will also cancel all comedy shows for 12 days following her death. Four days after Elizabeth’s death, there will be a procession from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall. The plan for what to do after Elizabeth’s death is called On Friday, flags will be raised again and at 11:00 a.m. After the Prime Minister had been alerted, news went out to the 15 governments where the Queen was still head of state, including Jamaica, New Zealand, Australia, Papua New Guinea, Canada, and the Bahamas. She was the world’s longest-serving monarch. Prime Minister Liz Truss following the resignation of Boris Johnson, who bid his farewell to the Queen earlier that day. Flags were lowered to half-mast and Prince Charles unofficially became king immediately upon Elizabeth’s death. The funeral And all anchors changed into black suits and ties. Many who work there had no idea what it sounds like, but it went off when the Queen died. [there’s an alarm that signals national emergencies](https://fortune.com/2022/09/08/operation-london-bridge-queen-elizabeth-death-british-media-bbc-game-plan/).

Operation London Bridge, also known by code name “London Bridge Is Down,” is the official plan that will immediately follow the death of Queen Elizabeth II. The ...

Operation London Bridge provides a guide for the next few weeks as the news of Queen Elizabeth II's death continues to sink in.

For the next 10 days, he will travel by train around the UK to mourn with various communities, first visiting the Scottish Parliament and St. A national moment of silence will be observed, and a service of remembrance will take place at St. In collaboration with the palace, the government drew up a contingency plan called Operation London Bridge decades ago, and has periodically reassessed it.

The death of Queen Elizabeth II, and how her reign over Britain shaped the world for 70 years.

She was Britain’s longest-reigning monarch and held the throne for 70 years. She became queen at a time when British colonial rule was imploding. He joins “Post Reports” to look back on Tabloids and television zeroed in on her marriage and family life, but she still somehow remained private. “Operation London Bridge” even maps out what happens next, the when and the how. Her son now takes over as King Charles III.