Taylor Swifts police escort during herWembley Stadiumconcerts in London this summer was approved after pressure from the UK governments top lawyer,The Times of Londonreports.
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The Timesreports that the Metropolitian Police warned that such VVIP protection would breach long-standing protocols: such a service is normally available only to senior cabinet ministers and members of the royal family.
Taylor Swift on stage in London, June 2024.Kevin Mazur/Getty Images
It reports that the governments senior lawyer, attorney-general Lord Harmer KC, was recruited to put extra pressure on the police force.
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Last weekThe Sunnewspaper reported that the government intervention came after Swifts mother and manager, Andrea, threatened to cancel the singers London shows in August after her concerts in Vienna were abandoned following a suicide-bomb plot foiled by the CIA.
The newspaper said that Cooper had warned any cancellation would be economically damaging and embarrassing, and her request came soon after aninfants Swift-themed yoga class had ended in tragedy in northern England.
Swift played 15 dates in June and August with claims the tour boosted UK spending by almost 1 billion ($1.3B).
