London\u0027s police force said the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth will be the biggest security operation it has ever undertaken.
The queen’s funeral is expected to attract hundreds of thousands of people to London’s streets, echoing other important events in Britain’s history, including her coronation in 1953, the funeral of former Prime Minister Winston Churchill in 1965 and the death of Princess Diana in 1997.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Ottawa SUN, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
To give an idea of the scale of the operation, Cundy said 22 miles of barriers had been deployed in central London to help control the crowds.Article content OTTAWA, ON - JULY 01: Queen Elizabeth II inspects a Guard of Honour outside the Canadian Parliament, after arriving to attend the Canada Day celebrations on July 1, 2010 in Ottawa, Canada. The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh are on an eight day tour of Canada starting in Halifax and finishing in Toronto. The trip is to celebrate the centenary of the Canadian Navy and to mark Canada Day.
London, United Kingdom: Britain's Queen Elizabeth II sits in the Regency Room at Buckingham Palace in London 19 April 2006 as she looks at some of the cards which have been sent to her for her 80th birthday. Buckingham Palace said that so far she has received 20,000 cards and 17,000 emails. The Queen celebrates her actual 80th birthday Friday 21 April with a walkabout in Windsor town followed by a dinner hosted in her honour by her son Prince Charles at Kew Palace in London.
BELFAST, NORTHERN IRELAND - JUNE 25: Queen Elizabeth II signs the visitor book prior to departing Hillsborough Castle, on the third and final day of the Queen's visit to Northern Ireland, on June 25, in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The Queen Elizabeth II greets Marshall Josip Broz Tito, 21 October 1972 during her official visit in Yougoslavia.
Princess Elizabeth of England and Prince Philip are seen on their wedding day 20th November 1947, in London. Britain's Princess Elizabeth is pictured in her baby carriage for her first outing on October 9, 1926. / France ONLY /AFP via Getty Images)
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