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Queen’s funeral: Security operation is ‘biggest the UK has ever seen’

The scale surpasses the operation for the Platinum Jubilee weekend and the London 2012 Olympics

Evening Standard

Ex-home secretary Priti Patel marshalls queue to see Queen’s coffin

The backbench MP was seen posing with mourners while wearing a blue hi-vis vest

The Independent UK

Queen funeral ring of steel for 'probably the biggest operation that we’re likely to mount in the UK'

Police and security services will be alert to the prospect of knife attacks, bombs being detonated, and all other possible terror threats or incidents.

Wales Online

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Queen's funeral is biggest security operation ever as ring of steel installed

The largest security operation ever undertaken has been set in place around the Queen's funeral today with officers pulled in from all over the country as VIPs from around the world descend on Westminster Abbey

Daily Mirror

Security operation surrounding Queen’s funeral ‘biggest the UK has ever seen’

The scale surpassed the operation for the Platinum Jubilee weekend and the London 2012 Olympics.

The Independent UK

The number of police lining the route of Queen’s journey to Windsor Castle on Monday

'This is a policing operation the Met has been planning for a considerable amount of time but on Monday we will enter our final and most complex phase of our policing operation'

Wales Online

2,300 police to oversee Queen’s journey to Windsor Castle

Metropolitan Police Deputy Assistant Commissioner Stuart Cundy said Monday will see the ‘final and most complex phase’ of the policing operation.

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Funeral of Queen Elizabeth II is huge security challenge

London Mayor Sadiq Khan says Monday’s state funeral for Queen Elizabeth II is an “unprecedented” security challenge

The Independent UK

London prepares for ‘biggest ever funeral’ with 1m expected watch Queen’s send off - all you need to know

The spectacle is expected to become the most watched event in television history with billions tuning in

Evening Standard

Queen's funeral security is the biggest challenge Met is 'ever likely to undertake'

Westminster Abbey will host world leaders, senior politicians, foreign Royals, and VIPs from around the globe, and the Met Police have said they face the largest challenge they are 'ever likely to undertake

Daily Mirror

Queen’s funeral: Inside the biggest policing operation the UK has ever seen

Streets combed as thousands of police to deploy to protect hundreds of VIPs and huge crowds

The Independent UK

Queen’s funeral will be biggest ever event for police, with 10,000 on duty

Hundreds of thousands of mourners are expected to line streets from London to Windsor and 500 foreign dignitaries will visit

The Guardian - UK

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

Officers drafted in from across country as hundreds of thousands of people expected in London and Windsor

The Guardian - UK

Queen's funeral: UK police gearing up for largest ever test

London (AFP) - Queen Elizabeth II's state funeral on Monday will be London's largest ever policing event, the city's force said Friday, with world leaders and hundreds of thousands of mourners set to descend on the UK capital.

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Wales Online

Arrests now in double-digits for biggest police operation in Met’s history for Queen’s funeral

It is the largest global protection operation the force has overseen, as it anticipates hundreds of world leaders, dignitaries and other VIPs for the Queen's state funeral on Monday

Evening Standard

Queen’s funeral: Met Police arrest more than 30 people ahead of ‘single biggest policing event in history’

Thirty four arrests have been made by officers policing royal events, says Scotland Yard

The Independent UK

Arrests made in biggest police operation in Met’s history for Queen’s funeral

Operation is set to surpass the London 2012 Olympics which saw up to 10,000 police officers on duty per day.

Daily Record

Leicester Square stabbing: Police officer stabbed in neck and another suffered 'life-changing injuries'

A male officer was also knifed three times in the neck and once in the chest during the attack in the Leicester Square in London.

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The National (Scotland)

Met Police confirm 34 arrests as part of operation leading up to Queen's funeral

THE Met Police have arrested 34 people as part of the operation leading up to the Queen's funeral, it has been revealed.

Manchester Evening News

Young female police officer suffers 'life-changing' injuries in London stabbing

A male officer who was stabbed in the neck and chest 'should make a full recovery', police said

The Independent UK

Police say they will intervene in peaceful anti-monarchy protests only if ‘absolutely necessary’

Senior Metropolitan Police officer vows that response will be ‘proportionate and balanced’ after arrests in Scotland

The Independent UK

Met officer says force prepared for ‘all what-ifs’ in run up to Queen’s funeral

Stuart Cundy appealed to those hoping to come to London to plan ahead and approach a police officer for any help.

The Independent UK

Police ‘overzealous’ in handling of anti-monarchy protesters, says former chief

Former counter-terror chief Nick Aldworth said the late Queen would not have wanted interference with legitimate protest.

Daily Mirror

People 'absolutely have a right to protest' against monarchy this week, police say

A video showing a barrister being asked for his details while holding a blank piece of paper in Parliament Square prompted The Met to confirm that the public have a right to protest against the monarchy

Daily Mirror

One million grieving mourners expected to queue to see Queen's coffin before her funeral

Thousands gathered at royal residences across Britain over the weekend to pay touching tribute to the late Queen who died on Thursday, aged 96

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