Hollywood Unlocked Jason Lee is doubling down on his claims that sources close to the Buckingham Palace revealed that Queen Elizabeth II is dead.
The HU Exclusive news announced: “Queen Elizabeth Dead”
Then continued, “Socialites, it is with our deepest regret to inform you that Britain’s Queen Elizabeth has died. Sources close to the Royal Kingdom notified us exclusively that Queen Elizabeth has passed away. She was scheduled to attend the wedding of British Vogue editor Edward Enninful, but was found dead.”
The news send shockwaves across the internet but up to the time of this article there has been no official confirmation from the Palace or any other media house in the UK.
In an apparent backlash Hollywood Unlocked allegedly loss their twitter account but the post still remains on their instagram as well as a new post indicating that Operation London Bridge is down is now in effect.
Operation London Bridge is now being put in place according to Hollywood Unlocked to announce Queen Elizabeth 2 death. pic.twitter.com/lQbyLyuYPt
— WMV (@worldmusicviews) February 23, 2022
Operation London Bridge Is Down is a set of protocols put in place by the palace in the event of the Queens passing.
Among the listed items in the passing ritual is “she will be gone without our knowing it The information will travel like the compressional wave ahead of an earthquake, detectable only by special equipment. Governors general, ambassadors and prime ministers will learn first. Cupboards will be opened in search of black armbands, three-and-a-quarter inches wide, to be worn on the left arm.” Per Guardian
It is customary for the BBC to announce the news first along with an accompanying message to the associated press to all media outlets across the world.
It was 70 years ago on the 6 February 1952, that George VI was found by his valet at Sandringham at 7.30am. The BBC did not broadcast the news until 11.15am, almost four hours later. When Princess Diana died at 4am local time at the Pitié-Salpêtrière hospital in Paris on 31 August 1997, journalists accompanying the former foreign secretary, Robin Cook, on a visit to the Philippines knew within 15 minutes, Per Guardian. BBC’s monopoly on announcing the Queen’s death (if forthcoming) would have been a day later than Hollywood Unlocked’s exclusive out of protocol coverage.
Elizabeth II is the queen of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and 11 other Commonwealth nations. She is the longest-reigning monarch in British history with a reign of more than 70 years. Her husband Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh, who died in April 2021 at the age of 99.
