Wise Words for You

For some, it's the unthinkable question - what happens when the country's longest reigning monarch passes away. Well, for some civil servants, its their job just to draw up such plans. They're super secretive and have a special code name - Operation London Bridge. Queen Elizabeth II after she recorded her annual Christmas Day message in 2018 (Image: John Stillwell/PA Wire) If you're fond of the Queen, it might seem like a huge deal. And if you're not it might be easy to ignore what will happen - but it will have a big impact on all of our lives, in lots of ways you might not have realised. But the eyes of the world will be upon London when the day does come, and below we run through 27 of the most important things that will happen when Operation London Bridge kicks into action, as revealed by a  Guardian investigation 1. The Prime Minister will be contacted The Queen's private secretary will be the first official to deal with news of her deat...

"When I look and I find, I still love you I still love you" (Freddie Mercury at the end of singing this song) The video was filmed on May 30, 1991. It was Freddie Mercury 's last filmed performance, as he died on November 24 of that year. Unreleased backstage footage of the shooting of the video appeared in the  Days of our Lives  documentary , showing Mercury's deteriorating physical condition (extremely skinny and pale) largely covered up by makeup and colorful attire. Brian May speculated in the documentary that Freddie was "saying his goodbye" in that video, knowing that he would likely not be healthy enough to perform anymore. The song was originally written by Roger Taylor about his children, and how parenthood made him look back on his own life. Inevitably, the song took on new meaning when it was announced that Freddie Mercury had AIDS and knew he was going to die soon when he recorded this. Mercury did not tell the public about his ...