After the death of George VI, in a society much more Christian and deferential than this one, a Mass Observation survey showed that people objected to the endless maudlin music, the forelock-tugging coverage. The shambles and the remoteness of the 19th-century monarchy were replaced by an idealised family and historic pageantry invented in the 20th. More or less the same slow march, from St Jamess Palace for the Queen Mother in 2002, involved 1,600 personnel and stretched for half a mile. Five days after the Queen's death, the coffin would have been moved to Westminster Hall and, after a service, the Queen would lie in state for three days. In the House of Lords, the two thrones will be replaced by a single chair and a cushion bearing the golden outline of a crown. In Papua New Guinea, where the Queen is the head of state, she is known as Mama belong big family. When the coffin reaches the abbey doors, at 11 oclock, the country will fall silent. It is not unusual for a country to succumb to a state of denial as a long chapter in its history is about to end. At the BBC, the radio alert transmission system (Rats), will be activated a cold war-era alarm designed to withstand an attack on the nations infrastructure. In 1952, the Queen was one of two women present at her proclamation. Whenever there is a strange noise in the newsroom, someone always asks, Is that the Rats? Because we dont know what it sounds like, one regional reporter told me. The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office's Global Response Centre, based at a secret location in London, would communicate the news to the governments of the fourteen other countries of which Elizabeth was queen (the Commonwealth realms), and to the governments of the other countries of the Commonwealth of Nations. [3], Since the Queen died in Scotland, "Operation Unicorn" called for Holyrood Palace, St Giles' Cathedral, and the Scottish Parliament to serve as the focal point of gatherings, with a condolence book open to the public at the latter location. [8][11], On the death of the Queen, her private secretary would be the first official (i.e., not one of her relatives or part of a medical team) to convey the news. The Queen is approaching the end of her reign at a time of maximum disquiet about Britains place in the world, at a moment when internal political tensions are close to breaking her kingdom apart. There will be a wondrous queue the ultimate British ritual undertaking, with canteens, police, portable toilets and strangers talking cautiously to one another stretching down to Vauxhall Bridge and then over the river and back along the Albert Embankment. ", "With Queen Elizabeth's death, Canada prepares for an official mourning period", "Bill to automatically change court's name in event of Queen's death", "Rules for half-masting the National Flag of Canada", "Plans in the event of The Queen's passing", "How NZ will respond to Queen Elizabeth II's death", "What will happen in New Zealand when the Queen dies? [1], Several codenamed funeral plans for royal family members in the late-20th and early-21st centuries have used the names of prominent bridges in the United Kingdom. He will look after his patient, control access to her room and consider what information should be made public. It is such a long time since the death of a monarch that many national organisations wont know what to do. (Its bullshit, one former courtier told me, describing it as a sop to Diana.) There will be an urge to stand in the street, to see it with your own eyes, to be part of a multitude. Business will mix with grief. The next great rupture in Britains national life has, in fact, been planned to the minute. [27][33] The Canadian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom would be expected to represent Canada at the Accession Council. The royal undertakers, Leverton & Sons, keep what they call a first call coffin ready in case of royal emergencies. The plan included the announcement of her death, the period of official mourning, and the details of her state funeral. [12] BBC News would air a pre-recorded sequence of portraits, during which the presenters on duty at the time would prepare for the formal announcement by putting on dark clothing prepared for this purpose. The Queen Mothers funeral was rehearsed for 22 years. Inside the chapel, the lift to the royal vault will descend, and King Charles will drop a handful of red earth from a silver bowl. King Charles will be back from his tour of the home nations, to lead the mourners. The bells hammer will then be covered with a leather pad seven-sixteenths of an inch thick, and it will ring out in muffled tones. The Accession Council, which convenes in the red-carpeted Entre Room of St Jamess Palace, long predates parliament. That is why the planning for the Queens death and its ceremonial aftermath is so extensive. The clerk, a senior civil servant named Richard Tilbrook, will read out the formal wording, Whereas it has pleased Almighty God to call to His Mercy our late Sovereign Lady Queen Elizabeth the Second of Blessed and Glorious memory and Charles will carry out the first official duties of his reign, swearing to protect the Church in Scotland, and speaking of the heavy burden that is now his. Ethiopia announced two weeks of mourning. One leading historian, who like most people I interviewed for this article declined to be named, stressed that the farewell for this countrys longest-serving monarch will be magnificent. The trumpets and the ancientness were proof of our survival; and the kings young daughter would rule the peace. Four soldiers will stand silent vigil for 20 minutes at a time, with two ready in reserve. In 1909, Kaiser Wilhelm II boasted about the quality of German martial processions: The English cannot come up to us in this sort of thing. Now we all know that no one else quite does it like the British. One of the concerns of the broadcasters is what the crowds will look like as they seek to record these moments of history. Everything had been foreseen in every detail by the " London Bridge " plan, including the possibility of a death in Scotland. In 1952, all the rhododendrons in Parliament Square were pulled up and women were barred from the roof of Admiralty Arch. Prayers will be rehearsed. In 1972, the writer Brian Masters estimated that around a third of us have dreamed about the Queen she stands for authority and our mothers. The new monarch would host a meeting with the prime minister and then deliver a speech to the nation at 6pm, the evening following the Queen's death. In 1952, all the rhododendrons in Parliament Square were pulled up and women were barred from the roof of Admiralty Arch. The clatter will still. The British government dubbed the intricate protocol of handling Elizabeth's death "Operation London Bridge." It ranges from succession rules to the process of bringing the queen's coffin. [6] The funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales in 1997 was also modelled after Operation Tay Bridge. [1][18] Parliament would meet that evening when MPs would swear allegiance to Charles III and express condolences for the Queen's death. It's not . Last October, Julia Gillard, the former prime minister of Australia, revealed that Christopher Geidt, the Queens private secretary, had visited her in February 2013 to ask her to support the idea. People who are not expecting to cry will cry. His siblings will kiss his hands. By 1932, George V was a national father figure, giving the first royal Christmas speech to the nation a tradition that persists today in a radio address written for him by Rudyard Kipling. But actually it will really be over when she goes., Unlike the US presidency, say, monarchies allow huge passages of time a century, in some cases to become entwined with an individual. [15], In New Zealand, the Cabinet Office of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet was responsible for planning the arrangements in response to the Demise of the Crown. At what point does the pomp of an imperial monarchy become ridiculous amid the circumstances of a diminished nation? [9][10] The plan that outlines the process between the death of the Queen and her funeral was codenamed Operation London Bridge. By five oclock in the afternoon, the scaffolding was down and the rooms were re-carpeted, furnished and equipped with phones, lights and heating. The decision was taken to designate the following day, 9September as D-day. Soldiers will walk the processional routes. In the plans that exist for the death of the Queen and there are many versions, held by Buckingham Palace, the government and the BBC most envisage that she will die after a short illness. What is Operation London Bridge? There will be an altar, the pall, the royal standard, and four Grenadier Guards, their bearskin hats inclined, their rifles pointing to the floor, standing watch. [14] A funeral procession was also planned, with the Queen deciding on the order of the procession. [24], A flag notice was issued instructing flags to fly at half-mast immediately for the next ten days, except on the day the accession of Charles III is proclaimed. How true tonight that statement spoken by an unknown man of his beloved father, murmured Dimbleby, describing the lying in state to millions. Operation Tay Bridge was the phrase used for the death and funeral plans of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, which was rehearsed for 22 years before its eventual use in 2002. A stammering king had been part of the embattled British way of life that had survived an existential war. During the 20th century, a set of offices in St Jamess Palace was always earmarked for their use. For many years the BBC was told about royal deaths first, but its monopoly on broadcasting to the empire has gone now. One courtier praised his curious power of visualising a pageant. We never saw so motley, so rude, so ill-managed a body of persons, reported the Times on the funeral of George IV, in 1830. The plan was updated three times a year through a meeting involving government department officials, the police, and broadcasters. On D+1, Westminster Hall will be locked, cleaned and its stone floor covered with 1,500 metres of carpet. At Elizabeths accession, everyone was convinced that the new queen was too calm. The parallels with the unease that we will feel at the death of Elizabeth II are obvious, but without the consolation of Britains status in 1901 as the worlds most successful country. Most of the country will be waking to a day off. She stands for stability and order. If the Queen dies abroad, a BAe 146 jet from the RAFs No 32 squadron, known as the Royal Flight, will take off from Northolt, at the western edge of London, with a coffin on board. 32 (The Royal) Squadron. His sons coffin was followed to Wolferton station, at Sandringham, by Jock, a white shooting pony.. [3], Pre-determined phrases have typically been used as "codenames" for plans relating to the death and funeral of a royal family member. I think there will be a huge and very genuine outpouring of deep emotion, said Andrew Roberts, the historian. The protocol has two parts - formalities, which include official announcements, and the impact on society. Since then, there have been meetings two or three times a year for the various actors involved (around a dozen government departments, the police, army, broadcasters and the Royal Parks) in Church House, Westminster, the Palace, or elsewhere in Whitehall. The Prince of Wales has waited longer to assume the British throne than any heir, and the world will now swirl around him at a new and uncrossable distance. "London Bridge is down" ("The London Bridge is down" in French). The first official to deal with the news will be Sir Christopher Geidt, the Queens private secretary, a former diplomat who was given a second knighthood in 2014, in part for planning her succession. These royal ceremonies represented decency, tradition, and public duty, in contradiction to the ghastliness of Nazism, as one historian told me. Oh, she will get everything, he said. We avoid the subject as we avoid it in our own families. Mayors will mask their decorations (maces will be shrouded with black bags). Candles, their wicks already burnt in, will be brought over from the Abbey. The idea is for nothing to be unforeseen. Australias prime minister and leader of the opposition both want the country to become a republic. It is to continue. London Bridge is Down: the protocols after the Queen's death Sadly, the death of Queen Elizabeth II has been confirmed by Buckingham Palace. Before dawn on D+9, the day of the funeral, in the silent hall, the jewels will be taken off the coffin and cleaned. It is see and be seen, the adviser said. The bollards on the Mall will be removed, and rails put up to protect the hedges. It involves matters of major public importance, will be paid for by us, and is definitely going to happen. (Another locomotive will follow behind, to clear debris from the tracks.) During London Bridge, the Lord Chamberlains office in the palace will be the centre of operations. Not long afterwards, Dawson injected the king with 750mg of morphine and a gram of cocaine enough to kill him twice over in order to ease the monarchs suffering, and to have him expire in time for the printing presses of the Times, which rolled at midnight. The two houses continued their tributes and framed a message of condolence to the king. The cumulative effect will be conservative. [20], Although the Queen did not die overseas, an aeroplanean RAF C-17 Globemasterwas used to transport the coffin to London. [24] Part of Australia's response would include a national day of commemoration, which may be declared a public holiday. Louis Mountbatten, the last Viceroy of India, prepared a winter and a summer menu for his funeral lunch. Several Commonwealth realms developed their own plans for how to react to the death of the Queen. The same rituals will take place, but this time around the new king will also go out to meet his people. Adrian Dennis/AFP via Getty Images The plans were first created in the 1960s and updated each year since. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are no-shows at Easter service, White powder letter sent to Meghan Markle treated as racist hate crime, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle reveal royal wedding details, Princess Eugenie to marry boyfriend Jack Brooksbank, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle to wed on 19 May, William and Kate eschew festive hues in 2017 Christmas card, Prince Harry interviews Barack Obama for Today programme guest slot, Prince Charles to lay Remembrance Sunday wreath on Queen's behalf, Britain mourns death of Queen Elizabeth - latest updates, Support open, independent Guardian journalism today, wrote Chris Price, a BBC radio producer, for the Huffington Post in 2011, when Princess Elizabeth was on holiday with her parents in Cape Town. In 1997, it was the word Mummy on the flowers for Diana from her sons. Almost all insisted on complete secrecy. RNZ stations were prohibited from playing punk music, or songs by the band Queen during this period.[37]. Members of the Honourable Artillery Company prepare for a 96-gun salute to the late Queen Elizabeth II at Tower Bridge in London. In operation 'London Bridge,' the queen's private secretary was supposed to call the Prime Minister and say the words "London Bridge is down," as per the protocol - following which an . It was restorative, Jonathan Dimbleby, Richards son and biographer, told me. Obsessed by death, Victoria planned her own funeral with some style. (The news was repeated seven times, every 15 minutes, and then the BBC went silent for five hours). This wont necessarily happen. Screens will glow. Shops will close, or go to bank holiday hours. Canada and New Zealand have since fallen into line, but the title is unlikely to be included in King Charless proclamation. The Guardian reported that The Times had 11 days of prepared coverage ready and that ITN and Sky News had long rehearsed her death, substituting the name "Mrs Robinson" for the Queen's. Its a problem. There are plans to clarify this situation before the Queen dies, but King Charles is currently expected to introduce Queen Camilla at his Accession Council on D+1. She was the world's longest . In theory, everything is settled. I declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your service, and the service of our great imperial family to which we all belong, she says, enunciating vowels and a conception of the world that have both vanished. The prime minister and governor-general would then return to Canberra to make their statements before departing for London with the Royal Australian Air Force. Nothing can be done to protect the bulbs, noted the Ministry of Works. The royal family posts an online Book of Condolence on its website. [3], Operation London Bridge included several ancillary and supporting plans, such as the plans for the arrangements at Westminster Hall. Some nations have a gift for ceremonial, the Marquess of Salisbury wrote in 1860. The procession will swing on to the Mall. When the news breaks, these lights will start flashing, to alert DJs to switch to the news in the next few minutes and to play inoffensive music in the meantime. The plan for when the Queen dies | The Independent Lifestyle Royal Family Operation London Bridge: What happens now the Monarch has died? It may not be as nakedly emotional, but its reach will be wider, and its implications more dramatic. The procession from Buckingham Palace will be the first great military parade of London Bridge: down the Mall, through Horse Guards, and past the Cenotaph. Prince Charles immediately succeeds to the throne upon his mother's death. At the same instant, a footman in mourning clothes will emerge from a door at Buckingham Palace, cross the dull pink gravel and pin a black-edged notice to the gates. Share. Parliamentary business was suspended immediately for at least six parliamentary days, to allow authorities to prepare for the funeral. Train stations will cease announcements. Life and politics at the end of her rule will be unrecognisable from their grandeur and innocence at its beginning. The distance from Westminster Hall to the Abbey is only a few hundred metres. [9] The Queen's coffin lay in repose at Holyrood Palace, followed by a service of reception at St Giles' Cathedral in Edinburgh. Coping with the way these events fall is the next great challenge of the House of Windsor, the last European royal family to practise coronations and to persist with the complicity of a willing public in the magic of the whole enterprise. But in the hours after the Queen has gone, there will be details that only Charles can decide. It advised stockpiling books of condolence loose leaf, so inappropriate messages can be removed to be placed in town halls, libraries and museums the day after the Queen dies. 1 The code to share the news of the Queen's death is London Bridge is down Credit: AFP Such details are meant to remain private and embargoed - as they were when the Duke of Edinburgh died in. The British government dubbed the intricate protocol of handling Elizabeth's death "Operation London Bridge." The City Marshal, a former police detective chief superintendent named Philip Jordan, will be waiting on a horse. [8], Preparations for Queen Elizabeth II's death and funeral date back to the 1960s, with the plan having undergone multiple changes in the decades since. I suspect the Queens death will intensify patriotic feelings, one constitutional thinker told me, and therefore fit the Brexit mood, if you like, and intensify the feeling that there is nothing to learn from foreigners.. The occasion will feel familiar, even though it is new: the Queen will be the first British monarch to have her funeral in the Abbey since 1760. [3] The cabinet secretary would then convey the news to ministers and senior civil servants. When the Queen Mother passed away on the afternoon of Easter Saturday, in 2002, at the Royal Lodge in Windsor, she had time to telephone friends to say goodbye, and to give away some of her horses. Both George V and George VI were buried in oak grown on the Sandringham estate in Norfolk. A code created at a time when communications passed through switchboard operators, so that the latter would not be informed of the death in the first place. We never saw so motley, so rude, so ill-managed a body of persons, reported the Times on the funeral of George IV, in 1830. If you ever hear Haunted Dancehall (Nursery Remix) by Sabres of Paradise on daytime Radio 1, turn the TV on, wrote Chris Price, a BBC radio producer, for the Huffington Post in 2011. 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For Churchills lying in state in 1965, a replica of the hall was set up in the ballroom of the St Ermins hotel nearby, so soldiers could practise their movements before they went on duty. The rehearsals for her are different to the other members of the family, he explained. Follow the Long Read on Twitter at @gdnlongread, or sign up to the long read weekly email here. Fans sang Abide With Me and the national anthem before kick off. The route is thought to hold around a million people. It is an opportunity for order to be affirmed. British royals are buried in lead-lined coffins. In every scenario, the coffin, upon its arrival in London, would be transported by hearse to Buckingham Palace where it would rest in the Throne Room. Cupboards will be opened in search of black armbands, three-and-a-quarter inches wide, to be worn on the left arm. 'London Bridge Is Down': What Is 'Operation London' That Follows Death Of Queen Elizabeth II It set in motion a series of planned events, accompanied simultaneously by Operation Spring Tide. Bear in mind, the courtier said, everybody who works in the palace is actually on borrowed time.. The bond between sovereign and subjects is a strange and mostly unknowable thing. BBC 1, 2 and 4 will be interrupted and revert silently to their respective idents an exercise class in a village hall, a swan waiting on a pond before coming together for the news. Parliament will gather. I will make the first one, said Woodcock, whose official salary of 49.07 has not been raised since the 1830s. he idea is for nothing to be unforeseen. In England the case is exactly the reverse., What we think of as the ancient rituals of the monarchy were mainly crafted in the late 19th century, towards the end of Victorias reign. In the nine days that follow (in London Bridge planning documents, these are known as D-day, D+1 and so on) there will be ritual proclamations, a four-nation tour by the new king, bowdlerised television programming, and a diplomatic assembling in London not seen since the death of Winston Churchill in 1965. Afterward, her coffin will be transported to Windsor Castle, where a final service will be held in St. George's Chapel. I have to be seen to be believed, is said to be one of her catchphrases. There was once a scenario about Princess Diana dying in a car crash on the M4. It will be all about her, and it will really be about us. Both houses of Parliament delay their start until noon, when they observe a moment of silence for the late queen. Operation "London Bridge" will go into effect The plan following Queen Elizabeth's death, according to multiple reports, is code-named "London Bridge"although it's not such a secret. At the funeral of Princess Charlotte, in 1817, the undertakers were drunk. Instead it will be part of the discreet international lobbying that takes place as London fills up with diplomats and presidents in the days after the Queens death. Queen Victoria had written down the contents of her coffin by 1875. A 41-gun salute almost seven minutes of artillery will be fired from Hyde Park. The service is open to up to 2,000 members of the public and is streamed online. [2] Preparations for Elizabeth II's death and funeral had also been made by the Cabinet Office. The most senior officer of the four will stand at the foot of the coffin, the most junior at the head. On Wednesday, a ceremonial procession by the King's Troop Royal Horse Artillery will accompany her coffin from Buckingham Palace to Westminster. Inside the hall, there will be psalms as the coffin is placed on a catafalque draped in purple. There will be Dads Army reruns, but no Have I Got News For You. Victorias coronation a few years later was nothing to write home about. [27] The death of the sovereign is considered a mandatory half-masting event for the Canadian government. The line was four miles long. [32] The Manual of Official Procedure of the Government of Canada states the prime minister is responsible for convening the Parliament, tabling a resolution of loyalty and condolence from the Parliament to the next monarch of Canada, and arranging for the motion to be seconded by the leader of the Official Opposition. The information will travel like the compressional wave ahead of an earthquake, detectable only by special equipment. The sunset of his death tinged the whole worlds sky.. [25][26], In Canada, preparations were made as early as 2002, during Queen Elizabeth II's Golden Jubilee. Everyone around the world is looking to us to do this again perfectly, said one, and we will. Plans are updated and old versions are destroyed. 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