The royal family's visit to New York City comes in the wake of the shooting at the White House Correspondents' Dinner, which has prompted officials to take a second look at security.
After the pomp and circumstance in Washington, D.C. , King Charles III and Queen Camilla will come to New York City on Wednesday, a trip that will include a stop in Harlem, and a visit to the 9/11 memorial.
Their visit comes in the wake of the shooting at the White House Correspondents' Dinner, which has prompted officials to take a second look at security.
"We're 100% confident the security plan we have in place for tomorrow is going to effective," said Matt McCool, Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Office of the United States Secret Service. The security plan has been more than a month in the making, and weeks ahead of King Charles and Queen Camilla's visit to New York City.
McCool told Eyewitness News that the plan in place is multi-layered and carefully orchestrated between his agency, their U.K. counterparts, NYPD, FDNY and Port Authority Police. Their first stop will be the 9/11 Memorial in Lower Manhattan, where the couple will meet with first responders and families whose loved ones were killed.
From there, Queen Camilla will head to the New York Public Library, while King Charles will head to 134th Street, where on Tuesday afternoon, Eyewitness News spotted law enforcement canvassing the area. King Charles will meet with the nonprofit, Harlem Grown, which provides free locally grown fruits and vegetables to the community. But some living in the neighborhood are skeptical about the visit.
"If it's helping the community then yes, if it's not, it makes no sense to me," said Harlem resident, Ismael Sow. Tweaks were made on the heels of Saturday night's shooting in D.C.
"Our counter assault team, our counter snipers," McCool said. "You've got the long-range threats that you have to deal with... every rooftop, every window. We've been planning for the worst-case scenario from day one," McCool said. Have a breaking news tip or an idea for a story we should cover?
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