London Bridge is down

It's a day that was as inevitable as it was unimaginable: Queen Elizabeth is dead.

At 9am, Big Ben will strike, then the bell’s hammer will be covered with a leather pad, and it will ring out in muffled tones. The Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, will speak and during prayers, broadcasters will refrain from showing royal faces. European royal families will be put up at the palace, while the rest will stay at Claridge’s Hotel. The proclamation will be read at St James’ Palace and the Royal Exchange in the City of London, confirming Charles as king. There will be a service in Westminster Hall following the coffin’s arrival. New wreathes will be placed on the coffin every day. The queen’s 10 pallbearers will be chosen and practise carrying the coffin. The plan for the route is based on the logistics for the London 2012 Olympics, and around one million spectators in mourning are expected. Non-urgent content will not be posted on government’s social media platforms, and retweets are forbidden unless cleared by the central government head of communications. Then the rest of the world was told. These plans are known as Operation London Bridge, and they detail the actions which must be carried out by from the moment the queen passes, codenamed D-Day. Preparations for this dark day and the nine days that follow have been in place for six decades, regularly updated and modified to accommodate an ever-changing social and political landscape.

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 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.

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/).

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.

It is an action plan that has been in place for more than half-a-century detailing the announcement of the passing, the funeral, ...

The queen's body will be taken to Westminster Hall from Buckingham Palace, four days after her passing. The funeral ceremony will be held at Westminster Hall. It is not a secret plan and was first devised in the 1960s.