President Biden was the only head of state who was granted special permission by the British Government to come to the ceremony using his own means of transportation. Naturally, he took the armored Cadillac known as The Beast. Meanwhile, all others had to make do with a shared bus. Operation London Bridge, which is the name of Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral plan, included unprecedented security measures and restrictions all across the city.
As Joe Biden was heading to Westminster Abbey on Monday morning for the funeral, the immense 18-foot (5.49-meter) armored limousine and the President's motorcade got stuck in traffic in central London, just like everyone else. Although it’s a Monday, the day was declared a bank holiday all over the UK, so people could attend or watch the ceremony broadcast.
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