Operation London Bridge: Secret documents reveal the government’s action in the event of Elizabeth II’s death. – Topky

“The documents show the extraordinary level of involvement of all bodies of the British Government, including a large-scale security operation aimed at dealing with unprecedented crowds and traffic chaos,” approaches Politico.

According to the British daily The Guardian, a strategy in accessing social networks will also play an important role after the Queen’s death. The Royal Family’s website will be completely black. There will be only a brief announcement that the queen has died. The government’s website and all government accounts on social networks will display a black banner. Non-urgent content will not be published.

Government officials are the first to hear about the queen’s death by telephone. The Queen’s Personal Secretary calls the Prime Minister and informs him that Elizabeth II. she died. Other ministers and high-ranking government officials will also find out by phone about the queen’s death. The day of the Queen ‘s death is marked as “D-Day”. “D-Day + 1” indicates the first day after the death of the Queen. Prince Charles will be officially declared the new king. At 3.30 pm local time, the Prime Minister and the entire cabinet will come to the new monarch for an audience.

IN “D-Day + 2” the coffin will be transported to Buckingham Palace. If the queen dies at her residence in Norfolk, she will be taken to London by train. If he dies in Scotland, the authorities activate the operation “Unicorn” (Unicorn). Otherwise, the operation will be activated “Overstudy” which provides for air transport.

State funeral of Elizabeth II. will take place until the tenth day (D-Day + 10) at Westminster Cathedral in London. At noon, the entire monarchy will be silent for two minutes. The queen will be buried in the memorial chapel of King George VI. next to her husband, Prince Philip, who died on April 17.

The Politico server recalled that “The queen, who is 95 years old, appears to be in good health and there is no indication that these plans are in place” should take place in the near future. For the first time in history, however, the public has the opportunity to look into the complicated procedures in the event of the death of Elizabeth II.