StuffNew Zealand MP Maggie Barry has not been put off official duties in London by an uncovered plot to kill the Queen.
The plan to stab Queen Elizabeth was foiled by British police, who arrested four Islamic terror suspects.
The suspects were allegedly planning to stab the 88-year-old monarch to death at the Royal Albert Hall, The Sun reported.
National MP Barry, who is in London, said she was undeterred from representing the Government at the wreath laying ceremony.
“I think in London, at the heart of the Royal Family, they are very aware of security threats, and they always have been.”
Security was tight in central London, Barry said.
The Queen had been due to attend the Royal British Legion Festival of Remembrance at the Hall today and both she and UK Prime Minister David Cameron had been informed of the threat, the paper said.
New Zealand Prime Minister John Key had no comment on the incident, with a spokesman saying the Prime Minister did not have enough information about the alleged conspiracy and was not in a position to comment.
New Zealand’s Security Intelligence Service (SIS) would not be drawn on whether the alleged plot had influenced the domestic threat level but an SIS spokesman said the Combined Threat Assessment Group took into account world events as well as the domestic situation, and the threat level was under continuous review.
Since Thursday night (local time) armed British police had raided several homes in West London and Buckinghamshire, arresting men between the ages of 19 and 27.
The men were held on suspicion of being concerned in the “commission, preparation or instigation” of terrorism under the Terrorism Act 2000, The Sun reported.
The Queen would continue with her plans to attend Remembrance Sunday celebrations at the Cenotaph in Whitehall, central London, amid “unprecedented security”.
Despite security fears, she was determined to lead the nation’s tribute and lay the first wreath, sources said.
Computers and documents seized from suspects’ homes and were being “fast-tracked” for examination.
In a statement Scotland Yard said: “These arrests and searches are part of an ongoing investigation into Islamist related terrorism.
“Officers from the Metropolitan Police Service’s Counter Terrorism Command (SO15) are working closely with colleagues in the SE Counter Terrorism Unit and MI5.”
None of those arrested were believed to have direct links to Syria, but were suspected of being jihadists.
PREVIOUS THREATS
In 1981 Marcus Serjeant, 17, was jailed for five years after firing six blanks at the Queen just before the Trooping of the Colour ceremony.
A year later Michael Fagan, 31, broke into Buckingham Palace and entered her bedroom in what was the biggest royal security breach of the century. He was not charged for trespassing but spent the next six months in a psychiatric hospital.
– © Fairfax NZ News
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As it is with any Monarch, Dictator, Prime Minister, or President; I would expect an assassination plot to originate from within her trusted inner Family circle, rather than from the stereotypical Islamic terror suspects (if this incident even happened in the first place).
As I have inquired before: Even if it did happen, who (besides the Queen) would care?
However, the Queen may be setting the stage for her exit from the throne — if the International Authorities proceed to criminalize her cult membership of Child Sacrifice within the Ninth Circle.
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By faking her assassination the Queen could avoid prosecution and become the Martyr that kicks-off WW3.
Dumb-ass sheep lover, “they are going to kill the queen but I will carry on shopping” This is a government representative?
“New Zealand’s Security Intelligence Service (SIS) would not be drawn on whether the alleged plot had influenced the domestic threat level” no wonder the sheep outnumber the people in NZ, they are smarter, they reckon that a knife plot 16,000 miles away by idiot islamists, probably will not affect their chances of making it past the end of the week.
Must be a really quiet news day in Wellington.
Darn
Almost my sentiments exactly, to which my initial reaction was, “damn”, followed by a brief, “too bad”, close enough though.
Reptilians don’t live forever.
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“God Save The Queen” for the devil to have his way with her. She is evil personified. Blood thirsty, child sacrificing, loathsome creatures like Queen Elizabeth need to be expunged from humanity.