Queen's moving response when told about plans to fly her body in military plane
ok.co.ukThe Queen's response when she found out about how her coffin would be brought to the UK if she died abroad has been shared by an army officer. 'Operation Overstudy' included a plan to bring the back to the UK on a small BAe 146 if tragically passed away overseas.
However, the plan was scrapped following problems in bringing back Princess Diana in September 1997, after her shock death in Paris.
Revised plans stated Queen Elizabeth II should be flown home aboard the Royal Air Force's C17 Globemaster aircraft - which is how she returned to London last week from Scotland.
Staff Officer Pete Morgan said: “I never met HM The Queen, but when I was a staff officer in 2009, I was tasked with reviewing and rewriting the Operation Overstudy plans, which detail how we would repatriate her body if she died overseas.
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