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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Vikram Dodd Police and crime correspondent

Police to deploy 10,000 officers for Queen’s funeral in biggest ever operation

Police officers securing the Mall before the procession carrying Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall on Wednesday.
Police officers securing the Mall before the procession carrying Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall on Wednesday. Photograph: Tolga Akmen/EPA

Police chiefs say their operation for Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral will be the biggest ever, with more than 10,000 officers on duty determined to thwart any attempt to disrupt or exploit the event.

Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to line the funeral route through central London, and then in Windsor, Berkshire, where the late Queen will be buried, and the route in between.

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