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19 April 2011
Last updated at 07:34 ET
The English Defence League and a group called Muslims Against Crusades have sought permission to protest outside Westminster Abbey on royal wedding day, Scotland Yard has said.
The Met's Assistant Commissioner Lynne Owens said negotiations were in process but the wedding would not be disrupted.
She said there would be 5,000 officers on duty and 70-80 close protection teams for VIPs on the day, 29 April.
Police have already begun searching central London for explosives.
At a briefing on Tuesday Ms Owens said 60 people currently on bail from prison would be banned from Westminster on the day of the wedding.
Officers are scouring every inch of the route to Westminster Abbey, while dogs have also been checking bins and lamp-posts for bombs.
As well as the Royal Family, fifty heads of state are attending the ceremony, which it is anticipated will be watched by up to two billion people on television.
Scotland Yard said it had no intelligence of a specific terrorist threat to the wedding so was not currently in a position to impose anti-terrorism stop-and-search powers, said the BBC's Danny Shaw.
Last week, more details of the royal wedding were released by Clarence House, including the exact timings of the event and the route of the carriage procession.
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The Met's Assistant Commissioner Lynne Owens said negotiations were in process but the wedding would not be disrupted.
She said there would be 5,000 officers on duty and 70-80 close protection teams for VIPs on the day, 29 April.
Police have already begun searching central London for explosives.
At a briefing on Tuesday Ms Owens said 60 people currently on bail from prison would be banned from Westminster on the day of the wedding.
Officers are scouring every inch of the route to Westminster Abbey, while dogs have also been checking bins and lamp-posts for bombs.
As well as the Royal Family, fifty heads of state are attending the ceremony, which it is anticipated will be watched by up to two billion people on television.
Scotland Yard said it had no intelligence of a specific terrorist threat to the wedding so was not currently in a position to impose anti-terrorism stop-and-search powers, said the BBC's Danny Shaw.
Last week, more details of the royal wedding were released by Clarence House, including the exact timings of the event and the route of the carriage procession.
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