The death of the Queen automatically activates Operation London Bridge. When the Queen dies, her private secretary informs the Prime Minister through theses four words “LONDON BRIDGE IS DOWN” The private secretary of the Queen then communicates the the same to the Cabinet Secretary who passes the same to Ministers and other Civil servants.
The Prime Minister informs the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office, who im turn informs all the heads of state of Commonwealth countries around the globe.
Government websites and social media accounts, including the BBC and the Royal Finally website, then turn black.
The UK media houses are informed through the Radio Alert Transmission System and presenters are required to stop playing offensive music.
BBC Two then suspends all it’s scheduled programming and switches to BBC One. The BBC airs pre-recorded portraits of the Queen.
BBC presenters on duty then prepare for the formal announcement of the Queen’s death by putting on black clothes kept ready for this particular purpose.
A dark edged notice of the Queen’s death is pinned to the gates of Buckingham Palace. The House of Lords
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