The Crown’s producers ‘have plan’ for the Queen’s death: ‘We have our own version of Operation London Bridge’

Queen Elizabeth II
An in depth plan is reportedly in place for the Queen’s demise (Image: Chris Jackson/WPA Pool/Getty Pictures)

The Crown has a plan in place for the demise of Queen Elizabeth II in actual life, it’s been reported.

Since its premiere in 2016, the Netflix collection has absorbed viewers throughout the globe with its dramatisation of what life is like for the royal household behind the closed doorways of Buckingham Palace.

Season 5 – which is anticipated to come back later this yr – will see Imelda Staunton step into the position of the monarch, taking on from Olivia Colman and Claire Foy earlier than her, as the story picks again up within the late Nineties.

In actual life, when the Queen dies, the method for what is going to occur subsequent – from how her demise shall be introduced to the state funeral preparations – is named Operation London Bridge, with it being believed that the code phrase ‘London Bridge is Down’ shall be used.

It’s been claimed that the producers on The Crown have their very own Operation London Bridge for the top of state’s demise, which shall be ‘significantly pertinent’ in the event that they’re in the midst of filming.

‘We've got our personal model of Operation London Bridge,’ an insider advised The New York Submit.

Imelda Staunton as Queen Elizabeth II in The Crown
Imelda Staunton is the subsequent actor to play the top of the Agency (Image: Netflix/Alex Bailey)

‘That is significantly pertinent for if we're filming. Filming will shut down instantly if we're in manufacturing, for at the very least per week. There would even be a number of dialogue about when to restart.’

The plans for Operation London Bridge had been first devised within the Sixties, with Queen Elizabeth II having turn out to be Queen in February 1952, after which had her coronation in June 1953, when she was 27 years previous.

Earlier this yr, the Queen – who's 96 years previous – celebrated her Platinum Jubilee, with a show-stopping live performance held outdoors Buckingham Palace with performances from stars together with Sam Ryder, Diana Ross, Sir Rod Stewart and Queen with Adam Lambert.

Queen in Paddington sketch at Platinum Jubilee
The Queen starred in a Paddington sketch which opened the Jubilee live performance (Image: BBC)

It was lately claimed that the fifth season of The Crown will discover ‘what we all know’ in regards to the BBC Panorama interview carried out with the late Diana, Princess of Wales, who died in 1997.

The 1995 interview, which was carried out by then-BBC journalist Martin Bashir, made international headlines as Princess Diana spoke candidly about her marriage to Prince Charles, famously saying ‘there have been three of us on this marriage, so it was a bit crowded’.

A supply near the present advised PA: ‘Season 5 of The Crown will dramatise occasions surrounding the Panorama interview, given the pivotal half it performed throughout the time interval the brand new collection covers.’

They added: ‘It would mirror what we now learn about how the interview was obtained and the way Diana was handled,’ after a report revealed final yr discovered the interview was obtained utilizing ‘deceitful behaviour’.

Netflix declined to remark when contacted by Metro.co.uk.

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