‘If it's good…’: When the Queen was told about plans to fly her body in plane
2 years, 3 months ago

‘If it's good…’: When the Queen was told about plans to fly her body in plane

Hindustan Times  

Queen Elizabeth II’s respect for the Armed Forces was apparent in her heartwarming reply to an officer when the monarch was told about plans to repatriate her, a staff officer told Mirror. The new plan in place included the Queen to be flown home aboard the Royal Air Force's C17 Globemaster aircraft - which is how she returned to London last week from Scotland. Staff Officer Pete Morgan told Mirror: “I never met Her Majesty The Queen, but when I was a staff officer in 2009, I was tasked with reviewing and rewriting the Operation Overstudy plans, which detail how we would repatriate her body if she died overseas." World leaders and members of European royal families are in London to bid farewell to Britain's longest-serving monarch Queen Elizabeth II.

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