Have you ever wondered how the death of the Queen of England is usually announced? Well, the codeword is kinda popular but I never thought that's what it meant.
Continue reading via Yahoo News:
The day that the Queen dies will see a nation in mourning. But the plan for what will happen afterward has already been meticulously laid out.
In fact, there is a code word that will be used to deliver the sad and tragic news to the upper echelons of the Government that will signify her passing and the starting of what happens next – ‘London Bridge is down.’
According to the Guardian, the Prime Minister of the time will be woken if they are asleep, and will be told by civil servants: “London Bridge is down.”
This message will signify to the PM that Queen Elizabeth II has passed away, kicking off a highly-organised series of events that will eventually lead up to the monarch’s funeral.
Once the Prime Minister has been told, the Foreign Office, from an undisclosed location in London, will inform 15 governments outside of the UK where the Queen is also the head of state.
The Global Response Centre will also pass on the news to the 36 other nations of the Commonwealth for whom the Queen has served as a symbolic figurehead.
As for the general public, the media has already planned the details in how to break the news and start a period of mourning.
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