By Amie Gordon For MailonlinePublished: 10:48 EDT, 16 April 2021 | Updated: 10:53 EDT, 16 April 2021Police will be putting a ring of steel around Windsor for Prince Philip's funeral this weekend. Specialist officers and sniffer dogs have been searching phone boxes, post boxes, drains and bins as part of the operation. The security operation will focus on preventing risks and 'embarrassment', particularly controlling unauthorised access to the castle. He believes that even in a pandemic, the security operation for an event like this would be 'huge', with the cost running 'into the millions'. 'While this event is not in London, the Met has had a protective security operation in place in the vicinity of Westminster and Buckingham Palace to keep people safe and to deter criminal activity.

Source: The Nation April 16, 2021 15:00 UTC