Operation Menai Bridge, here is the “secret plan” for King Charles' funeral

With the seventy-five year old Charles III sick of cancera topic has become current in the British tabloids that everyone hopes to have to address as late as possible: that of king's funeral. As royal tradition commands, it is the sovereign himself deciding every detail of his funeral rite. Because when a monarch passes away everything must work perfectly.

The plan for the funeral of British rulers must have a code name: King Charles has chosen «Operation Menai Bridge». Charles, Prince of Wales for sixty-four years before his accession to the throne, thus wanted to pay homage to a Welsh bridge. Her mother, Queen Elizabeth, had instead chosen “Operation London Bridge”, from the name of the famous London bridge. The BBC will have the exclusive right to announce Charles' death, based on “Operation Menai Bridge”. Who will be able to spread the news only after the members of the royal family, the current prime minister and several ministers have been notified. The same happened when Queen Elizabeth passed away. The only exception is the prince Harrywho claims to have learned of the death of grandmother from online news.

Other details of «Operation Menai Bridge»? There will be days of mourning ten, from the announcement of the sovereign's death to the funeral. There bodyjust as happened with Queen Elizabeth, will be exhibited first in Edinburgh and then in London (over 300 thousand people went to pay homage to Elizabeth II). Like his father Philip and his mother Elizabeth, too Carlo he personally approved the route that his coffin will take from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Abbey and has chosen the hymns and music that will be included in the funeral rite. A rite that will be by will of the monarch less sumptuous than mother's, and with «few guests» (at Elisabetta there were two thousand). She made choices that didn't surprise anyone: Carlo, known for his parsimony, wants it avoid wasting money even from the afterlife.

As happened upon the death of Elizabeth II, on 8 September 2022, the new king, in this case the Prince William, will be announced immediately. The current Prince of Wales could choose to be called William V or opt for another of his first names (Arthur, Philip, Louis). What is certain is that the new sovereign will hold a speech in which, in addition to giving an idea of ​​the style that will shape his reign, he will pay homage to his father Charles and grandmother Elizabeth.