UK to world leaders: Coming to Queen Elizabeth's state funeral? Ditch the armored limo. Leave the presidential chopper at home.
In the U.K. it's not unusual for senior members of the royal family to be bused into crowded locations for important events, said Dai Davies, who was in charge of protecting the queen and royal family from 1995 to 1998.
Joe Lockhart, who served as White House press secretary under Bill Clinton, said the president ultimately decides what he will and won't do. Britain's home secretary, which is equivalent to the U.S. interior secretary, and MI5, the U.K.'s domestic intelligence agency, along with London's police commissioner, would have the final say over whether to make exceptions for the security arrangements for some world leaders such as Biden during the queen's funeral, security expert Robert Broadhurst said.
"The queen, and now the king, travel in open carriages," he said."They are not armored and never have been. The crowds line the streets and are less than three or four yards away from them." Given the history of assassinations or attempted assassinations of U.S. presidents,"if I were in charge, I'd definitely make an exception for Biden," Davies said."What you don't want is a 30-car convoy. There's going to have to be compromise to work out a sensible solution."
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