Fury grew last night as it emerged Taylor Swift was given taxpayer-funded protection after the Government's chief law officer was called in to put pressure on Scotland Yard.
Keir Starmer is facing calls for an independent inquiry over the decision to grant Taylor Swift a police escort.
It was only after this intervention that senior officers reversed their original decision and granted a level of security normally reserved for royalty and top-level politicians, according to sources. Mr Khan and Ms Cooper received free tickets to Ms Swift's concerts, but both say this was wholly unrelated to the decision.It was the first time the service, provided by the Met's Special Escort Group of motorcyclists , had been granted to a pop star.
Mr Stephens said: 'It's likely that Harry's lawyers will be looking closely at the threat assessment in the Taylor Swift case in order to agree conditions for protection for him and his family.' The Attorney General was consulted for his advice in the talks, which also included Sue Gray when she was the PM's chief of staff.
'I know there was a threat in Vienna and that's why mother wanted it, but to have that kind of protection for a pop star is ludicrous. It's not a security service for hire, as Prince Harry has found out.Downing Street has denied any suggestion that the discussions were linked to ministers attending concerts and last night said it would not comment on the work of the Attorney General.
When the ex-shadow attorney general Emily Thornberry was snubbed for the job she had performed in Opposition, she spluttered: ‘I’m very sorry and surprised.’A long-standing friend and former colleague of the Prime Minister, the 56-year-old worked with Sir Keir Starmer at Doughty Street Chambers. He attended Cardiff High School before studying politics and modern history at Manchester University and qualified for the bar in 1993.
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