Buckingham Palace is one of the world’s most famous landmarks.
Home to the Queen, her team, her corgis, and a horde of furry headed Queens Guard Soldiers,
tourists from all over the world flock to the most regal place in London to take a picture
with the iconic building.
But, what if it was the target in sme kind of horrifying plot?
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I am Rebecca Felgate and today I am asking what if Buckingham Palace Was Attacked.
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You may not know this, but Buckingham Palace has been attacked and also has been at the
centre of terror plots.
In Word War Two Buckingham Palace was hit 9 times, damaging portions of the building
and its ground, something the Queen recalls from her childhood.
The royal family were unharmed and responded with a classic British stiff upper lip.
The damage was repaired and life went on.
Recently, in 2017, Buckingham Palace was involved in a terror incident.
A man deliberately drove a car at police officers outside the palace, then launched a knife
attack with a 4ft sword.
The 26 year old shouted Allah Akbar as he launched his attack.
He was detained by police and taken into custody.
This is the thing about lone wolves or small mobs, they’ll never be able to attack the
Palac – police numbers outside the building and in the surrounding area far outnumber
them.
Not only does the palace have a lot of security, it also has high walls and gates and is constantly
patrolled.
If the Palace was to be attacked it would need to be a highly planned, skilled Trojan
horse style plot, or an aerial attack.
Of course the UK’s skies are constantly monitored, so an aerial attack couldn’t
come from a bomber, it would have to be something like a drone.
Either way, should Buckingham Palace be attack, it would be the first time the building was
hit in 70 years.
If the Queen and royal family were in residence, they would be evacuated as soon as was safe.
I have no doubt there are numerous safe rooms in the building.
Buckingham palace is a popular tourist area, and an attack could cause a lot of chaos.
The immediate area, including St James Park and Green Park would be on lockdown.
Victoria train and underground station would suspend service, as would St James Park, Hyde
Park Corner and Green park underground stations, and there would be knock on travel disruption.
Other landmarks, heritage spots and monuments would be on high alert too.
I imagine the houses of parliament would be evacuated and London tourist attractions would
close down for the day.
Other Palaces, including Windsor Castle and Balmoral would be heavily guarded.
Regardless of the damage caused, any attack involving Buckingham Palace would make international
news.
People would tweet from the scene and the world would start to understand what happened
and why.
Had any of the Royal family been there at the time, the news would be bigger, had citizens,
staff or officers been harmed, the news would be even bigger, and had the Queen or heirs
to the throne been hurt – well….
It would be the biggest modern act of treason we know of.
Because of the nature of the building, despite the severity of the actual attack and how
much damage was actually caused, the law would come down very hard on the perpetrators.
If caught, they would receive life in prison and if other countries were involved in the
plot, then it could have far reaching international political consequences, with the UN deliberating
on just punishments.
Like in previous attacks, eventually the damage would be repaired and life would go on.
The ruling monarch would make strong, unwavering statements evoking patriotism, as would the
current Prime Minister, and the British public, and their allies would feel staunch in their
response as they refused to be cowed.
Devestatingly, if the Queen was harmed….well, we have made a whole other video on that here
at life’s biggest questions….that should be clickable on the screen right now.
So, there is an idea of what would happen if Buckingham Palace was attacked.
I for one hope that it never happens.
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