LONDON: It’s no secret that the UK’s plan for the eventual dying of Queen Elizabeth II was codenamed London Bridge.
However there have been particular provisions if the monarch died when she was in Scotland, known as Operation Unicorn.
The unicorn is the nationwide animal of Scotland and varieties a part of the royal coat of arms, together with the lion of England.
The 96-year-old monarch handed away at her distant Highlands residence, Balmoral, with all her quick household flying in to be at her aspect.
Elements of Operation London Bridge had been already activated similar to BBC presenters sporting black and channels switching to rolling information.
The Herald newspaper reported that the time period Operation Unicorn was first used within the Edinburgh parliament‘s on-line papers in 2017, envisaging big numbers arriving in Scotland if that was the place the monarch died.
“It’s understood that if the Queen dies in Scotland, the Parliament, the neighbouring Palace of Holyroodhouse, and St Giles’ Cathedral would be the fundamental focal factors,” the newspaper wrote on Wednesday.
The palace is the monarch’s official residence in Edinburgh, and the cathedral is without doubt one of the Scottish capital’s most essential medieval church buildings.
Parliamentary enterprise will likely be instantly suspended and politicians will put together a movement of condolence and prepare for a state funeral.
Members of the general public will signal a e-book of condolence on the parliament at Holyrood.
A supply within the parliament advised The Herald that the Queen’s dying in Scotland might lead to lots of of hundreds of individuals arriving there.
“If the Queen passes away in Scotland, her physique will relaxation at Holyroodhouse, following which her coffin will likely be carried to the cathedral on the Royal Mile (in Edinburgh),” the newspaper wrote.
Her physique will then be positioned on the Royal Practice at Waverley station in Edinburgh for a journey down the east coast mainline to London.
However there have been particular provisions if the monarch died when she was in Scotland, known as Operation Unicorn.
The unicorn is the nationwide animal of Scotland and varieties a part of the royal coat of arms, together with the lion of England.
The 96-year-old monarch handed away at her distant Highlands residence, Balmoral, with all her quick household flying in to be at her aspect.
Elements of Operation London Bridge had been already activated similar to BBC presenters sporting black and channels switching to rolling information.
The Herald newspaper reported that the time period Operation Unicorn was first used within the Edinburgh parliament‘s on-line papers in 2017, envisaging big numbers arriving in Scotland if that was the place the monarch died.
“It’s understood that if the Queen dies in Scotland, the Parliament, the neighbouring Palace of Holyroodhouse, and St Giles’ Cathedral would be the fundamental focal factors,” the newspaper wrote on Wednesday.
The palace is the monarch’s official residence in Edinburgh, and the cathedral is without doubt one of the Scottish capital’s most essential medieval church buildings.
Parliamentary enterprise will likely be instantly suspended and politicians will put together a movement of condolence and prepare for a state funeral.
Members of the general public will signal a e-book of condolence on the parliament at Holyrood.
A supply within the parliament advised The Herald that the Queen’s dying in Scotland might lead to lots of of hundreds of individuals arriving there.
“If the Queen passes away in Scotland, her physique will relaxation at Holyroodhouse, following which her coffin will likely be carried to the cathedral on the Royal Mile (in Edinburgh),” the newspaper wrote.
Her physique will then be positioned on the Royal Practice at Waverley station in Edinburgh for a journey down the east coast mainline to London.
