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					Originally Posted by  RichardCoulter
					 
				 
				It will be because both country & Queen have now started eight days of national mourning and the BBC exists by Royal Assent.  During a period of national mourning the Monarch doesn't carry out any official business and Parliament doesn't send any bills for her to sign. 
 
BBC4 programmes have been suspended completely as a mark of respect. 
			
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 Meant to say Royal Charter.