"London Bridge has fallen": what is the protocol in the kingdom after the death of the Queen
The public will be informed of the Queen's death when an official notice is posted on the gates of Buckingham Palace.
The flags at the Palace of Whitehall will be lowered to half-mast.
Prince Charles will become King, Camilla will be known as "Queen Consort".
The title "Prince of Wales" will then pass to Prince William.
The day of the funeral will be declared a day of national mourning
Tali Goldstein
08/09/2022
Thursday, September 8, 2022, 5:15 p.m. Updated: 6:32 p.m.
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Operation "London Bridge" is the name of the stimulus plan, which was prepared back in the 1960s in the event of the death of Queen Elizabeth II.
The operation includes the planning of the announcement of her death, the official mourning period and the details of the state funeral.
With the Queen's death, the code name will be changed to "London Bridge Has Fallen" and the Queen's personal secretary, Sir Edward Young, will be responsible for updating the Prime Minister - before the information is released to the other 15 countries still headed by the Queen, as well as the 36 Commonwealth of Nations .
This was done by the Foreign Office's Global Response Center located in an undisclosed location in London.
The public will be informed of the Queen's death when an official notice is posted on the gates of Buckingham Palace.
Ministers and senior civil servants will also receive an email from the Cabinet Secretary, and the flags at the Palace of Whitehall will be lowered to half-mast.
The entire crew will wear black clothing with a black ribbon tied around the left arm exactly 8.255 cm wide. A statement will be released by the Press Association and other news agencies. At this time, television channels will stop broadcasting the regular schedule and newscasters will wear black, including black ties .
The Queen at the funeral of her husband Prince Philip (photo: official website, Instagram)
With the Queen's death, Prince Charles will become King.
He has permission to choose his own royal name, and is expected to be known as King Charles III.
At this point, the ceremonial body called the "Accession Council" will meet at St. James's Palace after the death of the incumbent monarch, in order to officially announce the accession of the heir to the throne, and to hear the new monarch take a religious oath.
This declaration has no constitutional force whatsoever, since the succession to the British Crown is automatic.
Charles will be proclaimed king a day after the Queen's death, after his brothers kiss his hand as a symbolic gesture.
Charles will then visit Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales.
His first words as king will be at St James's Palace.
The coronation of King Charles III will be scheduled for a few months after the Queen's funeral, and the title "Prince of Wales" will then pass to Prince William, but not immediately.
In February, the Queen made a surprising and non-traditional decision regarding his wife Camilla, and announced "when Charles becomes king, one day, when that time comes - Camilla will be known as Queen Consort".
Ten days will pass between the Queen's death and her funeral, during which the Queen's body will remain in Buckingham Palace.
It will then be moved to Westminster Hall, where it will be placed in a coffin for the public to walk past.
More than 300 thousand people visited the body of the Queen Mother in 2002.
On the tenth day, the Queen's body will be moved to Westminster Abbey for a state funeral.
State leaders and official representatives from all over the world will attend the funeral - the British Army and the government are in charge of coordination.
Buckingham Palace (Photo: Reuters)
Balmoral Castle (Photo: Reuters)
The state funeral will be presided over by the Archbishop of Canterbury at Westminster Abbey.
Her body will lie in a ready grave in the King George VI Memorial Chapel at St George's Chapel in Windsor Castle, alongside Prince Philip, whose coffin will be moved from the Royal Vault.
The funeral service will be held at St. George's Chapel before burial.
The day of the funeral will be declared a day of national mourning, including the London Stock Exchange, but not a holiday.
Two minutes of silence will be observed across the kingdom at noon and processions will be held in London and Windsor.
If the Queen dies in Balmoral Castle, the proceedings will change slightly.
Her body will be transferred to the Palace of Holyrood in Edinburgh, and then transferred to St. Giles' Cathedral for the funeral.
The public, already informed about the situation, will surely gather at the "Royal Train" station, a special train whose purpose is to carry members of the royal family around Britain, which will take the body back to London for the burial ceremony.
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