Inside ‘Operation Tay Bridge’: what happened after the Queen Mother died?

Her death triggered Operation Tay Bridge, which continued until her funeral on 9 April. Prince Charles and then-Prince Andrew were informed and rushed home from their holidays (in Switzerland and Barbados, respectively). The Queen Mother’s body lay at the altar of the Royal Chapel of All Saints, close to Royal Lodge, where the royal family gathered for an evensong the day following her death.

Andrew and his daughters, Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie, met with the public, with the…