![]() ![]() ![]() The trick we pulled off with the Olympics is, you need to manage the security in a way that’s commensurate with the dignity of the occasion but without leaving anybody at any greater risk than they need to be.” “Security and ceremony are not happy bedfellows. But they won’t have seen it on this scale. “It’s what the Met, it’s what London is good at it. The scale “brings its own headaches”, he said. ![]() “This will be the largest outpouring of people on to the streets of London – and elsewhere for that matter – that the UK has ever seen,” said Broadhurst, who has recently been working with the Royal Parks to draw up security plans for the death of the Queen. Downing Street has said 1,500 military personnel will be on hand to assist in the capital. About 200,000 visited Westminster Hall to pay their respects to the Queen Mother before her funeral in 2002.Īs many as 10,000 officers will be assigned to the operation each day, Broadhurst estimated, some of whom will be drawn from forces across the country. As many as 750,000 people are expected to travel to the capital from Wednesday to pay respects to the late monarch as she lies in state for four days before her funeral on Monday. ![]()
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