What will the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II be like?

It is known that the actual protocol is rehearsed and although the details that are known are few, it will be an event that will last for weeks

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This Saturday 17 April was held on funeral of Prince Philip , Duke of Edinburgh who passed away on April 9 at 99 years. The death of the husband of Queen Elizabeth II raised all kinds of doubts around the monarch of 94 years, who has 69 years before the throne. And if you wonder how will the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II , we tell you what is known about this.

The code name for the unfortunate event is “London Bridge is down”, in Spanish “The London Bridge has fallen”, this will be the phrase that detonates the plan drawn up for when the queen dies . The protocol prepared for this day is carefully rehearsed and even the queen herself has collaborated on it. According to the medium Business Insider the death of the queen will not only bring changes for the United Kingdom, but for the whole world, as it will be an event that will have economic consequences.

The first to know that the queen has passed away will be the Prime Minister on duty who will receive a message saying “London Bridge has fallen ”which will launch“ Operation London Bridge ”. It will be a matter of minutes so that the news reaches all governments where the queen is head of state. On the other hand Buckingham Palace will illuminate its doors and a black plank will be placed .

The funeral of Queen Elizabeth II

The days will be numbered after the death of the queen, as reported by the media The Guardian , the day after the event will be “D + 1” . The flags will be lowered exactly at 11: 00 am London time and Charles will become king. The funeral of Elizabeth II will last at least twelve days and it is estimated that the British economy will be severely hit as the funeral is estimated to cost hundreds of million pounds .

Funeral details are not very public , it is known that there are instruction manuals for staff of the palace and the authorities close to the royal family. It is also known that it has different variants depending on how the death of the president occurs, it must be remembered that the queen mother died peacefully at home , without hospitals or paramedics and even gave him time to say goodbye to his friends by phone and inherit some of his beloved horses .

Both the day of the funeral and the day of the official coronation of Charles will be declared days of National holiday so losses are estimated at one thousand and six thousand million pounds (£ 1.6 billion). . This is in addition to the strikes that will be caused in the banks, shops and transport; Stock exchanges, businesses and shops across the UK will close out of respect.

The truth is that the day the queen dies will be one of the most important in history at the globally, the “Operation London Bridge” plan has been modified and rehearsed since the decade of the 60 and even so, anything can happen .

In the UK alone, the main news networks are already prepared for when it happens; BBC programs will stop, and will broadcast a special report, the presenters of all the networks will change their costumes and put on clothes black which is available at all times in the studios, the radio transmissions will stop to emit the information flash and will launch all the information that as of today is already prepared.

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