Although there are, for example, hundreds of selfie of citizens with Their Majesties the Kings, the truth is that behind each one of those ‘improvised’ selfies of Philip VI and lady Joy There is a team in charge of establishing a security protocol for each of its steps.
Preserve the welfare of the monarch, his wife, and their daughters, the princess eleanor and the infanta sofiaIt is a methodical work that follows an order and times. Above all, when our Royal Family attends a massive event in full.
As explained ABCeverything starts under the control of the deputy head of security who, after preparing the operation of an act, meets with the heads of each team (advanced, protection, reconnaissance and press) and reviews the execution of the security plan.
1. Secure the perimeter
The advanced escort and protection teams are in charge of establishing an arrival route, an exit route and an emergency route.
2. Development of the act
While the act takes place, the immediate escort agents form a first security ring for the King. They arrive with his Majesty and leave with him. At the end, each team leader reports observations on the service to the head of the device, “who makes a joint assessment of all the procedures that have been carried out on the spot.” A document that serves to improve the following operations.
3. Maximum discretion
The aforementioned media assures that the number of agents of the Civil Guard and National Police that make up the Special Security Unit of the Royal House (Uescar), in charge of protecting Felipe VI and his family, cannot be calculated. Above all, because it is not the same for the King to attend a massive Mobile World Congress, in Barcelona, than to the inauguration of the new headquarters of the José Ortega y Gasset-Gregorio Marañón Foundation, in Madrid. “For the first, at least 30 agents would be mobilized from Zarzuela and for the second, about 15.”
However, the operating model is repeated in each of the acts on the agenda of the son of Don Juan Carlos, official or private, and that of his wife, who has her own security team. Several agents protect Leonor at the UWC Atlantic College in Wales, and others are at the Santa María de los Rosales school in Madrid to take care of Sofía.