Buckingham Palace 'Emergency Meeting': 8 Gifs That Hilariously Sum Up Sheer Panic Of The World

As news spread of an ‘emergency meeting’ at Buckingham Palace, people around the world went into a frenzy.

Was London Bridge down (code for the Queen’s death)? Had Prince Philip passed away a day after looking jolly at Lord’s cricket ground?

Here are 8 gifs that sum up the sheer panic as the world looked on.

Update: The actual news is Prince Philip is stepping down from royal duties.

1) This one demonstrates the worry about the Queen’s health

2) Many showed how the world felt about waiting for the impending news

3) Yes, everyone was frantically googling for answers (bad idea, BTW)

4) The wait continued 

5) The frantic searching continued

6) Oh, the stress

7) More speculative, frantic searches

8) But many concluded, it was nothing too serious

Thankfully it wasn’t. Happy retirement Prince Philip!