So were there any prominent Britons (ie Royal Family,Politics , Celeberties etc) who were infected or killed in the original outbreak ?
The original story on this thread had the Queen die, but I think she is tough enough to weather this. I suspect she would be holed up at Windsor behind Very high security and refuse to leave, as she is representing the continuity of the country. Windsor is a lot more defensible than Balmoral or Buckingham Palace. Though since WWZ did it, I think I would have her in Edinburgh or Dover Castle- both fantastically defensible positions.
Prince Charles would be shipped off to Ireland wit the government and/or Canada. I could see him goto N. Ireland. His children would be sent aboard.
Prince Andrew and most of the Royal kids would be sent to New Zealand or Canada for the duration 'in case.'
Princess Anne would possibly be with her Mother or sent to the continent.
The other lesser Royals would get out or join the Horde.
As for Celebrities? Roll a dice.
Good chance anyone who homes in the West, North or Scotland had an chance to escape to Ireland and/or aboard esp with an access to private jets or copters- well at least at first.
SW similar across the channel.
London - toss up
Norfolk, Cambridgeshire? Low odds, depending on when they heard the news.
I could see the BBC activate some of their cold war protocols and go underground. I am fairly sure some facilities remain online. Dover Castle I think still has a working studio, or could set one up easily. There are some museum bunkers across the UK which *might* be in working order. Until the Glasgow- Edinburgh belt fell the studios up there would keep broadcasting which requires people to do it- same with N Ireland. Britain would like to hear familiar voices, so I could see a sort of rolling
Today programme or on the hour news broadcasts from familiar voices like James Naughtie, John Humphrys, or Moira Stuart.
Some of the NATO bases or GCHQ would lkely have broadcast facilities that could hold out for a while.
Even if NATO imposes a broadcast jam, there will be people with ham radios- CB- and such that might be able to broadcast- see the movie for one such.
As for the music post-fall? I imagine the world will be facing a huge recession with the loss of the British economy, and the City of London services, plus the impact of caring for refugees will have on the EU- an EU still settling into having changed to using the Euro only months before the infection hit. This dark, depressing period would show up in the songs- so lots of 'we will get through this' ballads, with 'the day the world ended' grimmer stuff - lots of 'lost lover' songs I suspect.
There would be fundraisers and such in the UK and Commonwealth, maybe even places like Russia, Japan etc as the world reacts in horror at the Rage epidemic, and takes steps to lock down its down facilities once the origin becomes known.
Once the quarantine goes into place- expect more news from the camps and dealing with the remaining govt in NI. I cannot see Rage Britain not being on the front pages for months, and months. Though the D.C. Sniper attacks in late 2002 may push it to one side in the US at least.
After a month or so, calls for something to be done about the camps are likely led by the media, but I can see redeployed soldiers from the Mid East would be used to build new camps, improve conditions, and keep order. Surviving British celebs would be used to keep order and entertain, people like Lenny Henry, Jimmy Saville, Julie Walters, Ronnie Corbett, Victoria Wood, etc etc.
Since I do not believe
28 Weeks Later happens there would be no attempt to resettle London in my headcannon. Instead a more systematic approach to clearing zones and establishing military footholds would be used, which would include 'embedded' media, and once bases where set up possibly 'famous faces' on the ground making reports.
Of course as the military make these moves I could see the Media trying to get people across the channel to report on 'abandoned Britain' which would have it's own risk in the heavily patrolled quarantine zone.