Queen Elizabeth Urged To Abandon Security Team During Tour For This Reason

Queen Elizabeth II was once asked to abandon her security team during one of her tours due to an important reason.

Royal biographer Robert Hardman detailed the incident in his book “Queen of the World.” In the book, Hardman quoted a letter written by Len Allison addressed to Her Majesty and Prince Philip.

“There was gratitude the Queen had come to Zambia in this time of trouble. There was undoubtedly also an aura of mystery and respect about the person of the Queen,” Allison wrote.

While in Zambia, the Queen was asked to attend an engagement on her own to promote the crown in diplomacy. The unorthodox approach was followed by the monarch without any objection.

“The public, they insisted, they want the monarch’s police escort removed because it was obstructing the view. The people wanted to see the Queen,” Fines Bulawayo, the central committee commissar of Lusaka Province said.

Bulawayo added that the Queen had no need for police protection because the people were her safeguard. But in order to still protect the Queen, the pilot ensured that the aircraft was put in a perpendicular dive should someone decide to set off a missile.

Meanwhile, this is not the first time that the Queen’s safety was compromised. During a trip to Ghana in 1961, the Cold War tensions and battles between the west and east over African states appeared to be warning signs.

Sarah Bradford wrote in her book “Queen Elizabeth II: Her Life in Our Times” how the government became increasingly concerned that Her Majesty would be killed or assassinated while she was in Nkrumah.

But instead of canceling her visit, the Queen pushed through with her engagements and she was kept safe. At present, she is already 92 years old and will soon turn 93. Even though the Queen has shown some signs of slowing down, she is still the reigning monarch and would never abdicate.