© Provided by Hindustan Times Queen Elizabeth II's Funeral: Britain's Queen Elizabeth II at the Buckingham Palace balcony. (AFP File)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. 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. Queen Elizabeth II's state funeral will be UK's first in over half a century.

Source: Hindustan Times September 19, 2022 07:07 UTC