At the least this appears to be a story that is not news as far as MSM is concerned. ITCSS certainly looks/sounds like a big mouthful of important global organization for mainstream to be giving some attention, but ....
Mainstream reports from England/Britain talk about and around - why did pope resign ? - without really reporting much of substance for why and furthermore silent on any connection with the queen. If you read news from off broadway, there was a report within the past year that she quietly abdicated but none of the on-broadway reporting of current events since then corroborate this. On the question of Benedict, its been widely reported no pope for the prior 600 years has resigned for any reason be it health, scandal, mystical or other.
Moving forward, the replacement pope is coming to Penn's Wood next fall. If nothing else this is ample warning for people to plan accordingly whether this means reserving front row tickets or going anywhere else out of state or otherwise securing young children for the duration, you have ten months.