New Prime Minister Liz Truss was told about the Queen's failing health, and sad passing, hours before the news was released to the public. The death of Queen Elizabeth II was announced to the world just after 6.30pm on Thursday, but key members of the Government had already been told the news.
The first indications of the Queen's failing health reportedly came on Wednesday, when a briefing on Operation London Bridge - plans that would be put into place upon the death of the Queen, was cancelled, reports The Mirror.
“[The briefing] was cancelled because of the energy announcement and the reshuffle,” a No 10 source told the Sunday Times. “Little did we know.”
