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‘Operation London Bridge’: What happens when the Queen dies?

A step-by-step guide to the formalities that follow the Queen’s death.

Hans van Leeuwen
Hans van LeeuwenEurope correspondent
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‘London Bridge is down’

“London Bridge is down”: The code used by Buckingham Palace to inform the prime minister and the Privy Council that the Queen has died. The message was relayed at 4.30pm (1.30am AEST).

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