According to CCTV News, on September 8 local time, Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom died at the age of 96 in Balmoral Castle in Scotland. Elizabeth II, real name is Elizabeth Alexandra Mary. She was born on April 21, 1926 and is the eldest daughter of the late King George VI. He ascended the throne on February 6, 1952 and was crowned on June 2, 1953. He was the longest-reigning monarch in Britain.
Although the British people are emotionally unacceptable, they are mentally prepared, and for the British royal family and government, they have plans long ago.
"Operation London Bridge"
"Operation London Bridge" was originally the highest confidential document in the UK, referring to a series of response measures taken by the British government after the death of the Queen.
uses the bridge name as the royal funeral code, initially to prevent the operator of Buckingham Palace telephone switchboard to get the news too early. The death of every member of the British royal family is codenamed by the name of a bridge. Britain prepared the Queen's funeral the earliest and most meticulously. In the 1960s, when the Queen was only 40 years old, the "Operation London Bridge" plan was planned to prevent "any unexpected situation".
On April 9 last year, Queen Elizabeth II's husband Prince Philip passed away. The UK then launched Operation Forth Bridge to arrange the prince's funeral. The funeral code for Prince Philip's eldest son, Crown Prince 1, Charles is "Menai Bridge".
"Operation London Bridge" exposed
Because of a report involving Queen of England , the American "politician" news website once annoyed the British.
According to reports, an article on the "Politician" website on September 3, 2021 exposed the content of the "Operation London Bridge" prepared by the British government for the death of the Queen of England. In fact, as early as March 2017, " Guardian " reported many details about the queen's death. In a column entitled "London Bridge is down", columnist Sam Knight used six or seven thousand words to describe the mysterious "Operation London Bridge" in detail. The article points out that Buckingham Palace, the British government and BBC TV have spent nearly 60 years preparing N sets of plans for the death of the queen.
According to the content reported by the "politician" website, at that time, the British government will call the day of the queen's death "D-Day", and Whitehall will lower the flag half-stand . In addition, the report said that the official website of the British royal family will also turn to a black background and a statement will be issued to confirm the death of the queen. Meanwhile, all government websites will also display black banners and more on the top of the page.
report also said that at 18:00 that night local time, after meeting with British Prime Minister , the new king Charles will hold a commemoration ceremony at St. Paul's Cathedral to deliver his first speech to the public. The report of the "politician" also mentioned many details about the funeral and mourning.
According to "politicians", within a few hours after the Queen's death, her private secretary will use " London down" as a secret language, first informing the Prime Minister of the news, and then informing the government one by one. and military leaders. The Prime Minister will forward the news to the Bureau of Privy Council, which represents the Queen's coordination of the government. Ministers and some senior officials will also receive an email from the Cabinet Secretary: "Dear colleagues, I inform you with sadness that Her Majesty the Queen is dead."
At that time, the royal website will be fully The black page will be replaced with a brief statement confirming the death of Her Majesty; all GOV.UK websites will add a black banner prompt.
The British Prime Minister will be the first government member to make a statement, and other government personnel cannot speak until the Prime Minister speaks. He would immediately launch Operation London Bridge, and within hours the British Prime Minister would gather both houses of Parliament to prepare for the Queen's funeral.
The British Foreign Ministry’s Global Response Center will immediately notify 15 governments headed by the Queen of England, including Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Jamaica and other countries. Subsequently, leaders of the other 36 Commonwealth countries will also be informed.
Buckingham Palace will post a black border obituary at the door to inform the news. After receiving the notice, newspapers and online media will immediately publish news reports about the Queen's death that have been prepared. At the same time, the world media will be informed of this news.
Queen Elizabeth II
In the next few days, all news media including television, newspapers and radio stations will conduct relevant reports. A flashing light will light up in every radio room in the UK to indicate that the country is entering a national disaster moment. All BBC programs will be discontinued to broadcast the news of the Queen's death, and the traditional red BBC notice board will turn black.
There will be half-staffed across the UK, and the Big Tom Bell at St. Paul's Cathedral will be ringed. Stock trading and stores across the UK will also be closed on that day to show respect.
The government will use "D-DAY" as the queen's death. The Ministry of National Defense will arrange a salute ceremony on the same day, and the whole country will observe a minute of silence. Each subsequent day is called "D+1", "D+2", etc. in turn.
The Queen's coffin will be left in the Parliament building for three days, and authorities are expected to flood London with hundreds of thousands.
State funeral (also known as National Day of Mourning ) will be held 10 days after the Queen's death in Westminster Abbey . The Queen will be buried next to the tomb of the late Prince Philip, and Charles will be before the burial. Start your journey to the UK.
When the church bell ringer dies, it will be wrapped in silenced leather
It is also reported that the church bell will ring during the death and funeral of the queen. The royal family requires religious buildings across the UK to be wrapped in silenced leather when the bell rings.
Vicki Chapman of the Central Committee of the Church said: "Adding silenced leather will make the bell sound more solemn and sad, more like a buzzing sound than dong, dong, dong. This is a sign of service to the monarch. , and commemorate her life. ” Only when the monarch dies, will the sound-silenced leather be used.
Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip
Since the death of the Queen's father, King George VI, 16,000 churches in Britain have never sounded the bell representing the death of the monarch in 70 years, and the sound-silenced leather of many churches has rotted …
It is reported that a church with 6 clocks requires 12 soundproof leather, each selling for about £45.
personally participated in the rehearsal of his own death and made suggestions
In fact, Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom has been the longest-reigning monarch in British history since he was crowned in 1952. Over the past 70 years, the queen can be said to have experienced all kinds of baptisms of storms, and gradually grew from a little princess who did not care about the government to a spiritual leader who shouldered the mission of the royal family and the expectations of the people. During this period, she sent away more than a dozen British prime ministers and six popes.
is precisely because of its important position that the British dare not slacken at all about " day of unexpected events ".
In June 2018, the Queen canceled an important event held in St. Paul's Cathedral due to "feeling unwell". Because it was a sudden cancellation of the trip, it "scareed" the whole of Britain.
It is reported that on the same day, several ministers from the British government cabinet secretly held a rehearsal of the death of Queen Elizabeth II in history in the white hall of the government office building, and conducted a secret drill to simulate the ten-day period after the queen's death. National Day of Mourning. Many of the then British cabinet ministers participated in this type of exercise for the first time.
The code name of that exercise was "Dove Castle", focusing on the arrangements on the day after the Queen's death (D+1). Interestingly, the Queen herself has long been used to her funeral with outsiders, and she herself even participates and offers opinions.
But a few years ago, Elizabeth II, who was obsessed with corgi, announced that he would no longer raise any puppies, just not wanting to "leave the dog alone without his owner."
Perhaps this is also revealing to the outside world: this old man is silently saying goodbye to his parents, childhood, memories and times.
Media: The death of the Queen of England will bring many changes
As the longest-reigning monarch in British history, Queen Elizabeth II of England is a mythical existence in the hearts of the British and has a very high popularity around the world. Especially in recent years, polls have shown that the Queen’s approval rating can even reach 90%.
On the evening of April 5, 2020, 93-year-old Queen Elizabeth II delivered a televised speech about the new crown pneumonia epidemic. This special speech encourages the whole British people to maintain unity and firmly overcome the epidemic.
Although it is only a "virtual head of state", the significance of Elizabeth II to Britain is self-evident. In this way, for any successor, the possibility of being as popular as the Queen is almost zero.
The Independent believes that the death of Elizabeth II will be the most destructive event in the UK in the past 70 years - at least 12 days from the beginning of her death and funeral, the UK will fall into a state of stagnation. At that time, banks and enterprises will be closed, and the stock market will be closed and the loss of billions of pounds will be caused; the BBC's comedy program will be suspended; the British national anthem will be changed from "Queen of Heaven" to "Queen of Heaven"; the most serious thing is that the Commonwealth It may collapse.
The Guardian also believes that although Britain is not as the most successful country in the world as it was when Queen Victoria died in 1901, Elizabeth II is the "Empire of the Sun" and the past. the bond. If this bond is broken, where will Britain go? This is a difficult question that no one can predict.
(Upstream News, Global Network, China News Network)
