Operation Menai Bridge: Funeral plan for King Charles III underway, security expert says

With Queen Elizabeth II now laid to rest and Operation London Bridge successfully executed planning will now commence for King Charles III's funeral, a security expert says.

Former Royal Protection Officer Simon Morgan said plans for Operation Menai Bridge - the personal funeral plan of the now King - will begin "tomorrow".

"Unfortunately as of tomorrow morning planning for Operation Menai Bridge will start in earnest," he told Today.

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"Even the King said in his acceptance that he will take this role for as long as life allows him to.

"He is 73 years of age, it's got to be in the back of your mind, and from the police, we've got to start planning again for the future."

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Reflecting on Operation London Bridge, Morgan said everything "went to plan".

"At this stage, we haven't seen anything go wrong from a planners perspective," he said.

"They will be looking at that tomorrow to see if anything did go wrong in the back scenes."

The Queen's public funeral was the biggest security event police and Whitehall have ever seen.

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Up to 10,000 police officers and 4,000 military personnel formed a ring of steel around London as world leaders, the Royal Family and mourners paid their respects to the beloved monarch.

Queen Elizabeth II passed away peacefully in Balmoral, Scotland on September 8, 2022.

She was 96-years-old.