As all of you know, Queen Elizabeth II recently passed away, her death will usher in a series of changes, some immediate, and others weeks or months from now.

As the tradition of a British monarch is something that we haven't experienced in most of our lifetimes,

it's worth to take the time to understand exactly how the process works and what will be changing.

Learn more about the end of the reign of Elizabeth II and the beginning of the reign of Charles

the 3rd on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. About two years ago I did an episode on Operation London Bridge and this was the

advance plan for the death of Queen Elizabeth II. About 200 years ago the

death of a British king was often an unorganized and undignified affair

But with the long reign of Queen Victoria there was plenty of time to plan for a transition

If you want you can go back and listen to the episode I recorded on Operation London Bridge.

I documented many of the things that would happen in the immediate aftermath of the Queen's

death, and today I actually went and checked to see how many parts of the plan were put into action.

Sure enough, most of the plan was put into action.

Everything from a BBC television presenter dressed in black announcing the news,

a notice placed in front of Buckingham Palace, and the

Royal website was darkened. But before I start talking about the transition, I'd like to

talk about just how remarkable the reign of Elizabeth II was in the history of monarchies, not just

British or European monarchies, but world monarchies.

The total length of the reign of Queen Elizabeth II was 70 years 214 days.

This was almost seven full years longer than the reign of Queen Victoria, who had the

previous longest reign for a British monarch. A reign of this length was historic by

global standards. If you look at the reigns of all monarchs throughout history who

did not have a regency, meaning they did not ascend to the throne as a child.

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