British security forces in charge of securing the Royal Family seem to have holes in their security net. Yesterday a Fathers 4 Justice protestor dressed up as Batman scaled the front face of the palace and stood on a ledge for five hours mere feet from a balcony used by the Royal Family for important events.
This group is made up of fathers who have been denied access to their kids in custody cases that result from the parents divorcing. They dress up in superhero costumes and climb onto buildings and other objects to draw attention to their plight. A member of their group dressed up as Spider-Man and climbed up a 450 foot Ferris wheel in London a few days ago and unveiled a Fathers 4 Justice banner.
This breach of security also represents another major embarrassment for the officials who are in charge of security around the Royals and the British government. Two Fathers 4 Justice protestors were arrested four months ago after they penetrated security around the House of Commons and threw purple powder in condoms at Prime Minister Tony Blair as he was engaged in Prime Minister’s Questions with Parliament. The powder was harmless, but it provoked a huge security alert and a major review of the security procedures after it was determined that it was not a terrorist attack.
A popular British comedian also crashed Prince William’s birthday party dressed up as a woman, and a British reporter got a job as a server in Buckingham Palace before President Bush visited to prove that security wasn’t up to the task.
Batman was lucky the guards didn’t think he was a threat, because if they thought he was, he would have been shot, according to security officials.
I thought the protest was funny, but it also highlights the plight of fathers in other countries who are battling the legal system, and it definitely proves that security needs to be tighter around critical people and places, whether it’s in Great Britain, or in the United States or anywhere in the world.
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