Six-foot privacy screens, a helicopter and a football tunnel could all be used in a military-style operation to get the Queen to Prince Philip 's memorial while protecting her privacy, it is reported.
The 95-year-old monarch is said to be determined to attend the memorial service of thanksgiving for her late husband, who died aged 99 in April, despite the event at Westminster Abbey coming at a time when she has of late been forced to pull out of several engagements.
One of them was Monday's Commonwealth Day service, also at the Abbey, with the decision to cancel her appearance understood to be related to her "comfort" travelling the 26-mile journey from Windsor Castle to London and sitting through the event, rather than a specific illness.
