At some point in the future a phone call will be placed by the private secretary of the Queen to the British Prime Minister.

In this call he will utter the phrase, London Bridge is down, which will set off a pre-planned series of events following the death of Queen Elizabeth II.

It has been over 65 years since the monarchy has changed hands in the United Kingdom.

It will be something that most people in the Commonwealth have never experienced.

Learn more about Operation London Bridge and the plans for the transfer of the British monarchy

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The passing of a monarch is a bittersweet moment.

On the one hand, you're mourning the loss of the previous monarch,

and on the other hand you're celebrating the ascension of the previous monarch. And on the other hand you're celebrating the

ascension of the new monarch. In the past, funerals for monarchs, especially in

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