A former royal security officer predicted that the cost of protecting Queen Elizabeth’s funeral would be the most expensive in UK history.
The British Mi5 and Mi6 intelligence agencies and London’s Metropolitan Police will work together with the Secret Service and intelligence bureaus from around the world to protect an unprecedented number of world leaders expected for Monday’s funeral.
Simon Morgan, who spent years protecting the British royal family, said that this is the biggest policing operation that the UK has ever undertaken.
The Prince and Prince of Wales wedding in 2011 was the biggest, but in comparison to this, you can’t compare it
The police cost for the wedding was $7.2 million.
With police and intelligence officers anticipating a substantial threat of terrorism, London will be blanketed with security from marksman and observers perched on rooftops and observation points.
Intelligence officers will mount a very big command and control operation.
Morgan, who runs a private international security firm, said that London will be shut down for the memorial of the late Queen.
More streets will be closed and parts of the city will be barricaded ahead of the funeral.
British authorities are on high alert for environmental activist groups like Extinction Rebellion, which have staged mass protests in England to disrupt the movement.
Morgan said that preparation for the Queen’s death, known as “operation london bridge”, is a living plan that is constantly updated.
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He said that in his time management would want to know how many people were on duty to deal with a bridge plan.
When Prince Harry and his wife were stripped of their titles, they lost their right to taxpayer funded security.
There was no knowledge that the Queen was going to die when the exiled couple came to England. Senior members of the family are given police protection and now they are within a larger protection operation.
Prince Andrew is still given taxpayer-funded police protection even though he was found guilty of child pornography.
Most of the people who attend will travel on shared buses, but some will have their own.
The President’s armored car will be used by the Secret Service to protect Biden. The premiere of the film was assassinated in Israel and Japan.
John Parachini is the senior international and defense researcher for the RAND Corporation. Those people have special accommodations because of their status.
A former secret service agent told The Post that members of the President’s team are likely already in the UK.
The standards for how the Secret Service protects and moves are in place. Even though they’re in London, they’re not going to change the way they do business.
Porter said Biden would be protected by his security detail.
For an attack, Parachini thinks the risks are low, but not zero. Jo Cox, a member of parliament, was killed by an extreme-rightist in the summer of 2016
There is a possibility of someone with an unusual grievance that doesn’t get tied to politics.
He said that groups or individuals who have grievances haven’t had a lot of time to get their act together.