‘Immense challenge’ of planning security for Queen’s State Funeral

Planning for the Queen’s State Funeral on Monday will be “immensely challenging”, according to one of the UK’s most respected security figures. Former Metropolitan Police officer Eric Stuart, Director of Gentian Events and Chair of UK Crown Management Association, says the range of sectors involved in the period of national mourning will deliver the occasion […]

Private UK security firms on frontline of Queen’s State Funeral

Private firms will be providing physical security and crowd control measures ahead of the Queen’s State Funeral next Monday.Staff are installing barriers, temporary flooring, queuing systems and other services to deal with the anticipated huge influx of people into London.Portable toilets along the route of the queue – which could number 750,000 – into Westminster […]

Queen’s State Funeral: Biggest security operation ‘ever seen’

The Queen’s State Funeral will involve 10,000 police officers in the biggest single security operation the country has ever seen. With world leaders and many hundreds of thousands of mourners anticipated to attend, the threat levels in the capital are “through the roof,” according to industry experts. Thousands of Metropolitan Police personnel will be drafted […]