As difficult as it may be to contemplate, the queen potentially doesn’t have very long left.
Likewise,Queen Elizabeth has had a number of highly-publicized health problemsrecently, too.
And, a couple years into her stint in Windsor Castle, it became clear she’d never return.

The queen’s crown was present, as a symbolic gesture.
Evidently, various procedures are already in place to make the handover of power as smooth as possible.
Funeral preparations for the longest-reigning monarch in British history will, obviously, be a considerable undertaking.

“The transition has been planned behind the scenes for quite a few years,” Little confirmed.
The Duke of Cambridge will gradually take on more responsibilities in the coming years, led by his father.
