Cold War plan to evacuate the British royal family in case of nuclear attack
Operation Candid
Part of Cold War
Type
Contingency plan
Planned by
British Government
Objective
To evacuate Queen Elizabeth II, the Duke of Edinburgh and other members of the British royal family in the event of nuclear war
Date
1962 (1962)
Operation Candid: Protection of the Royal Family in an Emergency was a Cold War contingency plan of the British Government to evacuate Queen Elizabeth II, the Duke of Edinburgh and other members of the British royal family from London in the event of nuclear war.[1] The plan was devised in late 1962 following the Cuban Missile Crisis and approved the following year.[2]
^WO 32/21796 Protection of the Royal Family in an emergency, The National Archives
^Jim Wilson (2009). Launch Pad UK: Britain and the Cuban Missile Crisis. Pen and Sword. p. 120. ISBN 978-1844157990.
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