Story of Elizabeth Alexandra Mary, officially Queen Elizabeth II

Born on April 21, 1926 in London, Mayfair, Elizabeth Alexandra Mary, officially queen Elizabeth II, was the elder daughter of Prince Albert Frederick Arthur George, duke of York, and his wife, Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon.

Princess Elizabeth was the 32nd great-granddaughter of King Alfred the Great, England’s first monarch, who reigned from 871 to 899. In 1952, after the death of her father King George VI, she was crowned Queen of England. Queen Elizabeth was not only the monarch of the United Kingdom, but also fourteen Commonwealth realms. When Her Majesty acceded to the throne aged just 25, her life changed overnight to a busy Head of State.

Queen Elizabeth, heir to the Windsor dynasty, married Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh in 1947. A former prince of Denmark and Greece, Prince Philip was born in 1921 and served in the Royal Navy in World War Two. He retired from royal duties in 2017 having completed more than 22,000 solo engagements. He died on 9 April 2021.

The couple had four children; Charles, Anne, Andrew and Edward. And also had eight grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.

The Queen's eldest son has become King Charles III.

The now former Prince of Wales married Lady Diana Spencer, who became the Princess of Wales, on 29 July 1981. The couple had two sons, William and Harry. They later separated and their marriage was dissolved in 1996. On 31 August 1997, the princess was killed in a car crash in Paris. He married Camilla Parker Bowles on 9 April 2005.

What Is Operation London Bridge?

The royal procedure after the death of the queen is a very curious chain of events. It is called "Operation London Bridge".

The code phrase for a royal death dates back to the death of Queen Elizabeth II's father King George VI in 1952. At the time, his code phrase was "Hyde Park Corner," which alerted key government officials of his death.

Since then, other code phrases have been put in place for prominent members of the royal family, including Operation Tay Bridge for The Queen Mother, and Operation Forth Bridge for Prince Philip.

Queen Elizabeth's code phrase is Operation London Bridge.

The Operation London Bridge is the name of a funeral plan for Queen Elizabeth II. The plan includes the announcement of her death, the period of official mourning, and the details of her state funeral. The plan was first created in the 1960s and revised many times in the years before her death in 2022.

According to accounts of the plan, the day of the death is known as “D-Day.” Under the expected procedure, after the British monarch dies, his or her replacement takes over immediately. This means that after Queen Elizabeth II died on Thursday, her son Prince Charles automatically became monarch and in his case, he became King Charles III.

Following Queen Elizabeth's death, the plan states that her private secretary will be the first official to convey the news.

From there, her private secretary will contact the prime minister, giving the code phrase "London Bridge is down" to signal her death.

After that, from the Foreign Office's Global Response Center, the news of the queen's death goes out to the Commonwealth for whom she has served as a symbolic figurehead and World leaders, ambassadors, governors general, and more heads of state also are notified.

After selected officials have been informed of Queen Elizabeth's death through Operation London Bridge, the official announcement for the general public goes out through a newsflash to the Press Association and global media outlets.

On Sept. 8, The Royal Family made an official announcement about her death on Twitter which read.

Her last rites do within 10 to 12 days of the Queen's death. At 11 a.m. on the day of the Queen's burial, the chimes of London's "Big Ben" clock begin to ring continuously.

A year after the Queen's death, the coronation of King Charles take place. After that, the image of King Charles come on the notes of the British currency, the pound. Banknotes bearing the image of Queen Elizabeth II be phased out. Also, the image of King Charles appear on British passports and other royal documents. The national anthem of the United Kingdom of Great Britain change to "God save the Queen", to God save the King.