Operation Unicorn: this will be the protocol if Elizabeth II dies at Balmoral

The British queen, Elizabeth II. Europe Press Nothing is left to chance in the British royal house. And less the organization of a state funeral after the death of Queen Elizabeth II. So much so that the protocol of the ten days that will follow her death is known in the United Kingdom as Operation London Bridge. But even within a closed plan, there are possibilities. That is why the possible death of Elizabeth II in the Scottish residence of Balmoral, where she is now, receives a different name, Operation Unicorn, and also has characteristics that vary from the original plan. If the British queen finally dies in her Scottish residence, the first step is that the members of the Government and the prime minister at the head are informed of the event. Later, a series of protocols will start, both in the British royal house and within the State Administration. It will be the second day after her death, after the Government and the British chambers issue two statements to the public showing her condolences, when the two possibilities are activated to transfer the body of Elizabeth II to London. Two possibilities open up here: that the coffin travel by train or that it be transferred to the British capital by plane. If the British royal house opts for the first option, the so-called Operation Unicorn will be activated, which marks the arrival of that train from Scotland to the London station of St. Pancras, where the British Prime Minister and the rest of the members of his Government they should wait for the body for the state funeral to begin. If finally the second option is and the body of Elizabeth II is transferred by plane, the logistics will be called Operation Overstudy. Afterwards, the body of the queen would have to remain for three days in the Palace of Westminster before the state funeral starting at the abbey.