{"id":70118,"date":"2022-09-08T19:37:04","date_gmt":"2022-09-08T19:37:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/operation-london-bridge-heres-what-happens-after-queen-elizabeths-death\/"},"modified":"2022-09-08T19:37:04","modified_gmt":"2022-09-08T19:37:04","slug":"operation-london-bridge-heres-what-happens-after-queen-elizabeths-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/operation-london-bridge-heres-what-happens-after-queen-elizabeths-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Operation London Bridge: Here&#8217;s what happens after Queen Elizabeth&#8217;s death"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Queen Elizabeth II died on Thursday, ending the longest reign of any British head of state.<\/p>\n<p>Her death set in motion Operation London Bridge, plans for services and succession that have been put in place since the 1960s and revised regularly over decades.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Details about the plan have been revealed over the years, shedding light on how the planned 10 days between the queen&#8217;s death and her funeral will truly look.<\/p>\n<p>The plan specifies the process for announcing the queen&#8217;s death, the period of official mourning in Britain and to other nations tied to the British throne and her funeral, according to documents seen by Politico last year.<\/p>\n<p>The operation involves a variety of institutions, including the Church of England, Metropolitan Police Service, the British Armed Forces, the media, the Royal Parks, London boroughs, the Greater London Authority and Transport for London.<\/p>\n<p>Elizabeth&#8217;s private secretary was designated to be the first to spread the news of her death, first to United Kingdom Prime Minister Liz Truss, according to the report.<\/p>\n<p>The call from the secretary to the prime minister initiates a \u201ccall cascade\u201d informing senior parties of the queen&#8217;s death.<\/p>\n<p>Truss spoke publicly shortly after the death and other officials waited to comment until the prime minister had spoken.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office&#8217;s Global Response Center will deliver the news to the Commonwealth countries where Elizabeth served as queen, according to the report.<\/p>\n<p>The British Parliament, as well as the Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish parliaments, will convene for emergency meetings shortly after Elizabeth&#8217;s death, and the prime minister would address the House of Commons.<\/p>\n<p>Charles, Prince of Wales, immediately ascends to king and will have a ceremony in a separate operation called Operation Spring Tide.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr3_ab\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Prince William will elevate to the Duke of Cornwall and becomes next in line to the throne, followed by his three children: Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis.<\/p>\n<p>King Charles issued a statement shortly after the death and, according to the operation plans, will give a speech shortly after the death of his mother while government buildings will lower their flags to half-mast.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are really two things happening,\u201d one of Charles&#8217;s advisers told The Guardian in 2017. \u201cThere is the demise of a sovereign and then there is the making of a king.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr4_ab\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The Accession Council will proclaim the new king the day following the queen&#8217;s death when they meet at St.  James&#8217;s Palace, according to reports.<\/p>\n<p>Parliament will swear allegiance to King Charles and other parliamentary activities are suspended for 10 days.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"thehill-promo-link\">\n<p>\t\tLawmakers react to death of Queen Elizabeth Five big moments from Queen Elizabeth II&#8217;s 70-year reign<br \/>\n\t<\/aside>\n<p>The Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish will proclaim the new monarchs within two days after the queen&#8217;s death, according to the reports.<\/p>\n<p>King Charles would begin a tour of the United Kingdom three days after the queen&#8217;s death, visiting Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales.<\/p>\n<p>The queen&#8217;s funeral is expected to be held 10 days after her death, on a Sunday, a time that will be solidified in British history as a National Day of Mourning.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>    .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Queen Elizabeth II died on Thursday, ending the longest reign of any British head of state. Her death set in motion Operation London Bridge, plans for services and succession that have been put in place since the 1960s and revised regularly over decades. Details about the plan have been revealed over the years, shedding light &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/operation-london-bridge-heres-what-happens-after-queen-elizabeths-death\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Operation London Bridge: Here&#8217;s what happens after Queen Elizabeth&#8217;s death<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[5],"tags":[24489,24474,24490],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":70077,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/inside-plans-for-queen-elizabeths-death-and-funeral\/","url_meta":{"origin":70118,"position":0},"title":"Inside Plans For Queen Elizabeth&#8217;s Death And Funeral","date":"September 8, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Topline Operation London Bridge, the codename for the plans to be put into effect immediately after Queen Elizabeth's death, was trending on social media Thursday after Buckingham Palace announced the queen was placed under medical supervision out of concern for her health with the royal family rushing to Scotland to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Entertainment&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":70665,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/operation-london-bridge-what-to-expect-in-the-days-leading-up-to-queen-elizabeth-iis-funeral\/","url_meta":{"origin":70118,"position":1},"title":"Operation London Bridge: What to expect in the days leading up to Queen Elizabeth II&#8217;s funeral","date":"September 9, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"London \u2013 The UK government has had a detailed plan for what happens after the death of Queen Elizabeth II prepared for many years. 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