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Operation London Bridge (Wikipedia)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_London_Bridge
INTRO: Operation London Bridge (also known by its code phrase London Bridge Is Down) is a plan currently underway in the United Kingdom following the death of Queen Elizabeth II on 8 September 2022. It includes planning for the announcement of her death, the period of official mourning, and the details of her state funeral. Some critical decisions relating to the plan were made by the Queen herself, while some are being currently determined by her successor, Charles III... (MORE - details)
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The protocol following Elizabeth II’s death explained: Operation London Bridge is officially underway following the death of Queen Elizabeth II. The Royal Family’s plan of action for the aftermath of the Queen’s death covers every aspect of the 10 days that follow. This includes how the Queen’s funeral will affect the day-to-day life of the UK. The day of the Queen’s death is codenamed D-Day within the Royal Family and Government, and each day that follows is known as D-Day+1, D-Day+2 and so on. The Royal Family will announce the exact details of the funeral shortly, according to Operation London Bridge, but it’s expected to take place on the plan’s final day, D-Day+10... (MORE - details)
Can King Charles kick Liz Truss out?
https://www.indy100.com/news/queen-king-...-liz-truss
EXCERPT: As the period of mourning sets in and Charles ascends as King, people are wondering whether he has any power over the newly-appointed prime minister. While a monarch can technically fire a prime minister, it's incredibly unlikely to happen, as they are expected to remain politically neutral. The last time a prime minister was removed by a monarch was in 1834 when King William IV dismissed Lord Melbourne of the Whig administration in 1834 and asked Sir Robert Peel to form a government.
Notes with Queen’s portrait will remain legal tender, Bank of England says
https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/...73905.html
RELEASE: Current bank notes featuring a portrait of the Queen will continue to be legal tender, the Bank of England has reassured consumers. A further announcement regarding notes will be made once the period of mourning has been observed following the Queen’s death.
The Queen was the first monarch to feature on Bank of England banknotes, Threadneedle Street said.
Bank governor Andrew Bailey said: “It was with profound sadness that I learned of the death of Her Majesty The Queen. “On behalf of everyone at the Bank I would like to pass on my deepest condolences to the Royal Family. For most of us, she is the only head of state we have ever known, and will be remembered as an inspirational figure for our country and the Commonwealth.”
Britain's Queen Elizabeth remembered as bridge builder across Irish politics
https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/britain...022-09-08/
RELEASE: Britain's Queen Elizabeth was warmly remembered across Irish politics from the prime minister to Irish nationalists Sinn Fein for the role she played in repairing relations between the two countries. The queen in 2011 became the first British monarch to visit the Republic of Ireland since independence from London almost a century earlier, a step Prime Minister Micheál Martin described on Thursday as being crucial in the normalisation of relations.
She made powerful gestures of reconciliation for Britain's bloody past in Ireland during the hugely successful four-day state visit, culminating in a powerful and personal speech in which she expressed regret for centuries of conflict.
"During those memorable few days, the Queen did not shy away from the shadows of the past," Ireland's President Michael D. Higgins said in a statement. "Her moving words and gestures of respect were deeply appreciated and admired by the people of Ireland and set out a new, forward-looking relationship between our nations – one of respect, close partnership and sincere friendship."
The queen's use of the Irish language, once banned under British rule, to begin her landmark address drew an audible grasp from then Irish President Mary McAleese and a spontaneous round of applause from the guests at Dublin Castle, the former nerve center of British rule in Ireland.
Other symbolic moments included the laying of a wreath to those who died fighting the British crown and stepping out onto Dublin's Croke Park stadium, the scene of a massacre of 14 people by British forces almost a century earlier. Her description of the two countries as "firm friends and equal partners" put relations with the former colony at an all-time high following an at times difficult few decades after the 1919-1921 War of Independence brought an end to British rule.
Thirty years of bloodshed between Irish nationalist militants, pro-British "loyalist" paramilitaries and the British military in British-run Northern Ireland brought particular strain before a 1998 peace deal that was brokered by Irish and British leaders.
While that paved the way for the Queen to come to Dublin, she travelled many times to Northern Ireland, including during "The Troubles." Her cousin, Lord Mountbatten, was among the 3,600 victims during the conflict, killed in 1979 by Irish Republican Army (IRA) militants.
A year after her visit to Ireland, the queen shook the hand of former IRA guerrilla commander and then deputy first minister of Northern Ireland Martin McGuinness in Belfast, one of the last big milestones in a peace process studied around the world.
The Northern Irish leader of McGuinness' Sinn Fein party, the ex-political wing of the IRA that wants to end British rule and unite with the Irish Republic, offered her "sincere sympathies and condolences" to the Queen's family. read more
"Personally, I am grateful for Queen Elizabeth’s significant contribution and determined efforts to advancing peace and reconciliation between our two islands," Michelle O'Neill said in a statement.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_London_Bridge
INTRO: Operation London Bridge (also known by its code phrase London Bridge Is Down) is a plan currently underway in the United Kingdom following the death of Queen Elizabeth II on 8 September 2022. It includes planning for the announcement of her death, the period of official mourning, and the details of her state funeral. Some critical decisions relating to the plan were made by the Queen herself, while some are being currently determined by her successor, Charles III... (MORE - details)
- - - - - -
The protocol following Elizabeth II’s death explained: Operation London Bridge is officially underway following the death of Queen Elizabeth II. The Royal Family’s plan of action for the aftermath of the Queen’s death covers every aspect of the 10 days that follow. This includes how the Queen’s funeral will affect the day-to-day life of the UK. The day of the Queen’s death is codenamed D-Day within the Royal Family and Government, and each day that follows is known as D-Day+1, D-Day+2 and so on. The Royal Family will announce the exact details of the funeral shortly, according to Operation London Bridge, but it’s expected to take place on the plan’s final day, D-Day+10... (MORE - details)
Can King Charles kick Liz Truss out?
https://www.indy100.com/news/queen-king-...-liz-truss
EXCERPT: As the period of mourning sets in and Charles ascends as King, people are wondering whether he has any power over the newly-appointed prime minister. While a monarch can technically fire a prime minister, it's incredibly unlikely to happen, as they are expected to remain politically neutral. The last time a prime minister was removed by a monarch was in 1834 when King William IV dismissed Lord Melbourne of the Whig administration in 1834 and asked Sir Robert Peel to form a government.
Notes with Queen’s portrait will remain legal tender, Bank of England says
https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/...73905.html
RELEASE: Current bank notes featuring a portrait of the Queen will continue to be legal tender, the Bank of England has reassured consumers. A further announcement regarding notes will be made once the period of mourning has been observed following the Queen’s death.
The Queen was the first monarch to feature on Bank of England banknotes, Threadneedle Street said.
Bank governor Andrew Bailey said: “It was with profound sadness that I learned of the death of Her Majesty The Queen. “On behalf of everyone at the Bank I would like to pass on my deepest condolences to the Royal Family. For most of us, she is the only head of state we have ever known, and will be remembered as an inspirational figure for our country and the Commonwealth.”
Britain's Queen Elizabeth remembered as bridge builder across Irish politics
https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/britain...022-09-08/
RELEASE: Britain's Queen Elizabeth was warmly remembered across Irish politics from the prime minister to Irish nationalists Sinn Fein for the role she played in repairing relations between the two countries. The queen in 2011 became the first British monarch to visit the Republic of Ireland since independence from London almost a century earlier, a step Prime Minister Micheál Martin described on Thursday as being crucial in the normalisation of relations.
She made powerful gestures of reconciliation for Britain's bloody past in Ireland during the hugely successful four-day state visit, culminating in a powerful and personal speech in which she expressed regret for centuries of conflict.
"During those memorable few days, the Queen did not shy away from the shadows of the past," Ireland's President Michael D. Higgins said in a statement. "Her moving words and gestures of respect were deeply appreciated and admired by the people of Ireland and set out a new, forward-looking relationship between our nations – one of respect, close partnership and sincere friendship."
The queen's use of the Irish language, once banned under British rule, to begin her landmark address drew an audible grasp from then Irish President Mary McAleese and a spontaneous round of applause from the guests at Dublin Castle, the former nerve center of British rule in Ireland.
Other symbolic moments included the laying of a wreath to those who died fighting the British crown and stepping out onto Dublin's Croke Park stadium, the scene of a massacre of 14 people by British forces almost a century earlier. Her description of the two countries as "firm friends and equal partners" put relations with the former colony at an all-time high following an at times difficult few decades after the 1919-1921 War of Independence brought an end to British rule.
Thirty years of bloodshed between Irish nationalist militants, pro-British "loyalist" paramilitaries and the British military in British-run Northern Ireland brought particular strain before a 1998 peace deal that was brokered by Irish and British leaders.
While that paved the way for the Queen to come to Dublin, she travelled many times to Northern Ireland, including during "The Troubles." Her cousin, Lord Mountbatten, was among the 3,600 victims during the conflict, killed in 1979 by Irish Republican Army (IRA) militants.
A year after her visit to Ireland, the queen shook the hand of former IRA guerrilla commander and then deputy first minister of Northern Ireland Martin McGuinness in Belfast, one of the last big milestones in a peace process studied around the world.
The Northern Irish leader of McGuinness' Sinn Fein party, the ex-political wing of the IRA that wants to end British rule and unite with the Irish Republic, offered her "sincere sympathies and condolences" to the Queen's family. read more
"Personally, I am grateful for Queen Elizabeth’s significant contribution and determined efforts to advancing peace and reconciliation between our two islands," Michelle O'Neill said in a statement.