Celebs on BA | 2018 edition
Apr 3, 2018, 10:43 am
#181
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Apr 3, 2018, 10:56 am
#182
Join Date: Jul 2008
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Apr 3, 2018, 10:59 am
#183
Join Date: May 2006
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Apr 4, 2018, 9:05 am
#184
Join Date: Oct 2010
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Anyone know why there was armed police outside the CCR on Mondau (2nd). Excluding a whole range of other factors, thought it might have been HRH off to OZ.
Apr 4, 2018, 9:10 am
#185
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only kidding.
Apr 4, 2018, 9:23 am
#186
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Apr 4, 2018, 9:26 am
#187
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Except for general patrols, armed police are usually only present when there are VVIPs about - top end government officials or Royals. The rich and famous (and various Royals) will typically use the Windsor Suite and the Heathrow VIP service rather than the CCR,
Apr 4, 2018, 9:41 am
#188
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Apr 4, 2018, 10:00 am
#189
Join Date: Aug 2006
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Could be a cabinet member, I was in the CCR once when Theresa May was in there when Home Secretary, a couple of armed coppers with were with her partaking of the free coffee at the bar as she sat on the seats facing with her assistant. Me, I was propping up the bar demolishing the LPGS.
Apr 4, 2018, 11:27 am
#190
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Apr 4, 2018, 3:06 pm
#191
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: BRU
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I only noticed them when coming out of GF, but there were at least four of them, uniformed and armed to the hilt, standing just outside the entrance to the CCR in the lobby area shared with GF. Certainly didn't seem to be patrolling. Intriguing anyhow.
Apr 4, 2018, 3:32 pm
#192
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I shared Galleries First with Liam Fox a few months ago, and there was no (visible) bodyguard or police presence despite his Cabinet position.
Apr 4, 2018, 3:47 pm
#193
Join Date: May 2016
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There's always been a hierarchy, constantly reassessed. PM, Foreign Sec, Home Sec and NI usually heavily protected, others less so.
Apr 4, 2018, 4:44 pm
#194
Join Date: Jun 2014
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Others not so. Usually only PM, Home Sec, Foreign Sec, Northern Ireland and Defence get protection by right.
Apr 5, 2018, 12:00 am
#195
Join Date: May 2016
Location: UK
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Anyway, I can hear the OT klaxon going off.