Prince Harry rushed to Balmoral Castle when news that his grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II, was in poor health on September 8. After her death, he and Meghan Markle have made the decision to postpone their trip home to Montecito, California.
The couple had been scheduled to attend the WellChild Awards in London, so they were already in Europe when the queen died, and E! News reports that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex are to remain on the other side of the pond for the time being.
There have been no official reports on what Harry and Meghan will be doing in the UK, but it’s fair to assume it has something to do with Operation London Bridge—the carefully organized plan of action for what happens after the queen’s death that has been in place for years, according to the New York Times. “From the moment the queen became monarch, Whitehall started the planning process about what would happen when she died,” Philip Murphy, a professor of British and Commonwealth history at the University of London told the Times.
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM – JULY 10: (EMBARGOED FOR PUBLICATION IN UK NEWSPAPERS UNTIL 24 HOURS AFTER CREATE DATE AND TIME) Queen Elizabeth II, Meghan, Duchess of Sussex and Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex watch a flypast to mark the centenary of the Royal Air Force from the balcony of Buckingham Palace on July 10, 2018 in London, England. The 100th birthday of the RAF, which was founded on on 1 April 1918, was marked with a centenary parade with the presentation of a new Queen’s Colour and flypast of 100 aircraft over Buckingham Palace. (Photo by Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images)Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images
