- King Charles III is the new monarch of Britain
New Delhi. 08 September 2022. Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-reigning monarch of the British Empire, has died, as per a Buckingham Palace notification at the gates. Post that, the just in power Prime Minister Liz Truss who met the Queen yesterday , made a public announcement of the tradgedy, outside 10 Downing Street. The reign of Elizabeth Alexandra Mary which lasted for 70 years and seven months, begining on 6 February 1952, came to an end today.
She joined the Auxiliary Territorial Service, the first female in the Royal Family to become a full-time member of the armed forces. In 1947, she married Philip Mountbatten They had four children Charles, Earlier Prince of Wales now King of the United Kingdom, Anne, Princess Royal, Prince Andrew, Duke of York and Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex. Charles’ wife, Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, will be known as Queen Consort.
The death of Queen Elizabeth II has got into action Operation London Bridge, which is an all-hands protocol, set up in the 1960s, which gives detailed instructions on how to handle the first 10 days after the Queen’s passing thereby ensuring a smooth transition of the throne to her eldest son, the now King Charles, who will be formally announced the new monarch tomorrow.
Those first alerted were told, ‘London Bridge is down’. The operation’s nursery rhyme-sounding name represents a secret code used to communicate the sad news to the most senior Buckingham Palace staff and members of government — before it was finally announced to the rest of the world.
Queen’s death will be referred to internally as “D-Day,” Friday, the day following her death, will be “D+1,” until her funeral on “D+10,” which will be declared a “Day of National Mourning,”. On “D-Day,” the day of the Queen’s death, King Charles III is expected to deliver a national broadcast, which will be given tomorrow probably. At the same time, the Foreign Office’s Global Response Centre has to alert the Commonwealth nations and the countries where the Queen was head of state. Once senior government officials were then all alerted, flags across Whitehall, home to the UK government’s main offices, were instructed to be lowered to half-staff as Parliament is recalled.
At 10 a.m. on “D-Day+1,” the Accession Council will meet at St. James’ Palace to officially proclaim King Charles III the new sovereign. The proclamation will then be read at St. James’ Palace and the Royal Exchange in the City of London, confirming Charles as king. Parliament will meet to agree on a message of condolence, with other business suspended for 10 days. The new king will then meet with the prime minister and his senior cabinet officials.
Because the queen died in Balmoral, the plan states her body will initially lie at rest in her smallest palace, Holyroodhouse, in Edinburgh. The coffin will then be carried up the Royal Mile to St Giles’s cathedral for a reception before being put on board the Royal Train at Waverley station. The monarch’s body will arrive at the throne room in Buckingham Palace — with an altar, the pall, the royal standard, and four Grenadier Guards standing watch.
On the fifth day, a procession through London will take her coffin from Buckingham Palace to the Palace of Westminster, with a service at Westminster Hall following its arrival. The Queen will lie in state there for three days, with her coffin on a raised box in the middle of Westminster Hall, open to the public for 23 hours a day. The following days will see preparation for the funeral, including a formal rehearsal.
President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden on the Death of Queen Elizabeth II in a statement said, “Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II was more than a monarch. She defined an era.In a world of constant change, she was a steadying presence and a source of comfort and pride for generations of Britons, including many who have never known their country without her. An enduring admiration for Queen Elizabeth II united people across the Commonwealth. The seven decades of her history-making reign bore witness to an age of unprecedented human advancement and the forward march of human dignity.
A statement by the Kremlin addressed to the new British monarch, Charles III, where President Vladimir Putin said, “deepest condolences on the death of Queen Elizabeth II. The most important events in the recent history of the United Kingdom are inextricably linked to the name of her majesty. For decades she rightfully enjoyed the love and respect of her subjects. He wished Charles III “courage and perseverance” after the loss of his mother, and asked him to convey this message to the whole of the royal family and the British people.
ADU mourns the loss of the Queen with UK & all the Common Wealth Nations
