The Queen to be evacuated in case of Brexit unrest - media

[jpak]

https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-eu-royals/the-queen-to-be-evacuated-in-case-of-brexit-unrest-media-idUSKCN1PS005

LONDON (Reuters) - British officials have revived Cold War emergency plans to relocate the royal family should there be riots in London if Britain suffers a disruptive departure from the European Union next month, two Sunday newspapers reported.

“These emergency evacuation plans have been in existence since the Cold War, but have now been repurposed in the event of civil disorder following a no-deal Brexit,” the Sunday Times said, quoting an unnamed source from the government’s Cabinet Office, which handles sensitive administrative issues.

The Mail on Sunday also said it had learnt of plans to move the royal family, including The Queen, to safe locations away from London.

Britain’s government is struggling to get parliamentary support for a Brexit transition agreement with the EU before the departure date of March 29, and the government and businesses are preparing contingency plans for a ‘no-deal’ Brexit.

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This is some series shit...

[Beakybird]

1. I think chess players would disagree with this strategy.

[underpants]

2. To the Greenbrier in West Virginia?

Mount Weather in Virginia?

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

3. Somehow I doubt that would happen.

The royal family did not leave England during WWII, and even stayed in Buckingham Palace during air raids. Plus there has been plenty of violence of various kinds over the years, and the idea that somehow Brexit riots would be difference strikes me as silly.

[CincyDem]

4. Officials may be reviewing it but The Queen seems like one tough lady...she'll never do it. n/t