The police officers, alongside 7,000 stewards, are responsible for carrying out what the British press have described “one of the largest-ever security operations” as the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Flotilla takes to water on the Thames.
The tight security measures come as the country’s anti-monarchy activists have planned for the “biggest republican protest in living memory” and an ITV News/ComRes poll has found nearly half of the British people believe Britain has turned into a worse place during Queen Elizabeth’s reign.
The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Flotilla contains 1,000 boats with the Queen, Prince Philip, Prince Charles, the Duchess of Cornwall, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and Prince Harry on the lead barge.
Royal Navy vessels, marines and armed police in speed boats, all of 21 patrol craft from Scotland Yard alongside two other from Essex Police, and Special Air Service (SAS) teams are deployed to protect the Queen and her family, reported The Mail.
The newspaper also reported that those who participate in the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Flotilla have been subject to more than 30,000 individual security checks.
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