‘Operation London Bridge’: How The UK Will Farewell HM Queen Elizabeth II With Lying-In-State And Funeral
deadline.comViewers of The Crown will know that ‘Operation London Bridge’ – the term used to describe the complicated plan for what happens after the death of the British monarch – has already swung into effect.
After the Queen died yesterday at her Scottish castle Balmoral, her eldest son immediately became King Charles III. He will address the nation today, before returning to London with his wife, Camilla – now Queen Consort.
The Queen’s coffin will be brought to London and placed in Westminster Hall, where thousands of her subjects will be able to file past and pay their respects.
After the Queen Mother died in 2002, more than 200,000 people came to attend her in the same place. At some point in the next fortnight, on a hastily arranged public holiday for the whole country, the Queen’s funeral will take place in Westminster Abbey, only a few hundred yards away from the Hall.The Abbey is associated with many royal events.
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