Not merely a general outline, but refined to a level that was almost terrifying.
Every possible route between Westminster and Buckingham Palace that might be used for the procession, and more than ten distinct security plans assembled from different combinations of those routes. From the maximum capacity of the crowds attending the ceremony, to the evacuation speed in the worst conceivable scenario. From the spacing of mounted police, to the precise positions of plain‑clothes officers embedded among the spectators.
He had even marked every vantage point along each section of the route: rooftops, clock towers, scaffolding, temporary stands, unfinished exterior walls. Which must be cleared in advance, which could be assigned guards, and which had to be completely sealed off on the day of the coronation itself…
Had Arthur not gone through the plans for her point by point, Victoria would never have realized that managing public order was such a fiendishly complex task.
