One can never be fully prepared for the death of a ruler, especially when his reign was the longest in the history of his country, and he accepted 70 years of historyhowever, the court record, in its ferocious practicality, had already developed in the 1960s the no longer secret plan known as Operation London Bridge to direct the delicate and important transfer of rights to his son Charles, now King Charles III.. Over the decades, the plan has been modified, improved and adapted until yesterday, when disappearance of Queen Elizabeth. His departure for Balmoral Castle will also trigger the activation of Operation Unicorn to bring the body from Scotland to London in connection with the funeral scheduled for Sunday 18 September. But let’s see in detail what will happen in the next 10 days.

Yesterday, following the announcement of the death, all of the Windsors’ official social media profiles – profiles of the royal family, Clarence House and the Dukes of Cambridge – removed their profile picture., respectively displaying the heraldic coats of arms of the late queen, Charles, William and Kate, while the royal website closed the page, revealing a photo of Elizabeth. In the meantime, the first words of condolence came from Carlo, who, in a sober communiqué, expressed grief over the loss of his “beloved mother.” Today, Friday, September 9th, the protocol provides for the return of Charles and Camilla to London and the meeting of the new king with the Earl Marshal – Duke of Norfolk -responsible for organizing the Queen’s funeral by the Accession Council, for approving the program for the next few days. The King will determine the duration of royal mourning for members of the royal family, which should last one month. Following the meeting between Charles and Liz Truss, the government will confirm the duration of national mourning, which is likely to be around 12-13 days from today until the day after the Queen’s funeral. Bells will ring at Westminster Abbey, St Paul’s Cathedral and Windsor Castle, and Hyde Park’s 41 cannons will fire one shot for each year of the Queen’s life. This will be followed by a pre-recorded televised speech by Carlo to his subjects, in which he will pay his respects to the deceased sovereign, promising to fulfill his duty in the service of the nation.

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The Accession Council will convene at Buckingham Palace on Saturday 10 October at 10:00 am., formed by all private councillors, the highest public officials, the Lord Mayor and the city’s civic party, the High Commissioners of the Realm, and some high-ranking public officials. There will be the proclamation of the sovereign and confirmation of the choice of the name of King Charles III. The proclamation will be read at St James’s Palace and the Royal Exchange in the City of London, while the Prime Minister and senior ministers will attend a public memorial service at St Paul’s Cathedral in central London.

The Queen’s coffin is expected to be transported from Balmoral Castle to Holyroodhouse Palace in Edinburgh on Sunday 11.. In the meantime, proclamations will be read at the decentralized Parliaments of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland in Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast. The coffin will then be taken to Waverley Station by train to London. As the train passes, crowds are expected to gather at level crossings and station platforms across the country. If travel by train is not possible, officials will move on to Operation Overstudy, which will bring the coffin to London from Aberdeen Airport. Once in London, the Queen’s body will be transported to Buckingham Palace, where her coffin will be displayed in the Throne Room in front of an altar with the symbols of royalty, the orb, the Royal Standard and four Grenadier Guards.

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The new King Charles will embark on a UK tour on Monday 11th.which will begin with a visit to Westminster Hall in Parliament House and continue to the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh, where construction was halted yesterday as part of Operation Unicorn. A memorial service will follow at St. Giles’ Cathedral. On Tuesday the 12th, the monarch will fly to Northern Ireland, Hillsborough Castle and St Anne’s Cathedral in Belfast to attend a church service. Meanwhile, London will host the first rehearsal of the procession with the Queen’s coffin from Buckingham Palace to the Palace of Westminster through The Mall, known as Operation Lion. On Wednesday the 13th, the Queen’s body will leave Buckingham Palace and be taken to the Palace of Westminster in what will be the first major military parade since Her Majesty’s death. A march similar to the one organized in 2002 on the occasion of the disappearance of the Queen Mother. About 1600 people were involved in this occasion, about a million people are expected on Wednesday. A memorial service will be held as soon as they arrive in Westminster.

From the sixth to the ninth day, Operation Feather will begin, during which Elizabeth’s coffin will be placed on a dark stretcher to facilitate the final farewell.. Westminster Hall will be open to the public 23 hours a day, but the first visitors to the coffin will be VIPs. In the meantime, Carlo will fly to Wales for the last leg of his UK tour. He will visit the Welsh Parliament before a memorial service at Llandaff Cathedral in Cardiff. On Sunday, October 10, the Queen’s funeral will take place and it will be a day of national mourning. Her Majesty will be transported to a state funeral at Westminster Abbey, which is expected to be attended by around 2,000 people. There are countless people who will be watching the ceremony outside the church and on television from all over the world. The ceremony will end at noon, when two minutes of silence will be requested in memory of the empress, already renamed Elizabeth the Great.