Charles III Coronation: Security & Threats

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🗓️ 5 May 2023

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

The coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla will be an event attended by thousands, including heads of state, dignitaries, and members of the public. The world's media will be watching, and so will anyone looking to take advantage of an event of this scale, from terrorists, to hackers and protesters.

Today, James Patton Rogers is joined by former director of GCHQ Professor Sir David Omand. Drawing on Omand's insider knowledge in crisis management and intelligence, together they analyse the potential security and intelligence threats at major events like coronations, and using historical examples, give an insight into the plans the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police could likely be executing on the day of the coronation.

David Omand's new book How To Survive a Crisis is available to purchase here.

The Senior Producer was Elena Guthrie. It was edited by Aidan Lonergan.

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0:00.0	Saturday May 6th marks the coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla.
0:06.2	It will be an event attended by thousands.
0:09.0	Up to 2,000 dignitaries, including heads of states, and hundreds of thousands of people lining the streets of London, hoping to catch a glimpse of the new king and queen.
0:18.0	But put all of this together and it's a recipe for a security nightmare.
0:22.0	What sort of threats are being planned for? What will be
0:25.0	faced by the security services? And how long have they been planning for this? Well, to find out,
0:30.4	I invited Professor Sir David Omond on to the podcast.
0:33.8	David was the first UK security and intelligence coordinator.
0:37.6	He was also the director of G.C.
0:40.0	the UK's Signal Intelligence Agency. There is no one better place or better connected to take
0:45.2	us behind the scenes and to show us exactly what preparations are being put in place.
0:51.0	David is also the author of a new book, How to Survive a Crisis, published by Penguin
0:56.4	in June. And so it's from his research and his practical experience that we can learn so much
1:01.6	about what is faced in the coronation.
1:04.0	So all this leaves me to say is God save the king
1:07.0	and here is Sir David Omond on security at the coronation.
1:10.0	Enjoy.
1:18.0	David, welcome to Warfare and thanks so much for taking the time to warfare and thanks so much for taking the time to chat today.
1:21.0	The coronation of His Majesty King Charles III and Queen
1:24.8	Camilla is just around the corner. It'll be held in Westminster Abbey with all of
1:29.6	the long-standing traditions and Padantry that we would expect from such an occasion.
1:34.6	What the world would expect from such an occasion from Britain at this time, but
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