Police to deploy 10,000 officers for Queen’s funeral in biggest ever operation

Officers drafted in from across country as hundreds of thousands of people expected in London and Windsor

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Police chiefs say their operation for Queen Elizabeth II's funeral will be the biggest ever, with more than 10,000 officers on duty determined to thwart any attempt to disrupt or exploit the event.

Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to line the funeral route through central London, and then in Windsor, Berkshire, where the late Queen will be buried, and the route in between.