Call For Beggars To Be removed From Streets In Advance Of Prince Harry Wedding
LONDON — Beggars need to be cleared by police from the streets of Windsor before the wedding of Prince Harry to girlfriend Meghan Markle because their "detritus" is presenting the picturesque English town in a poor light, the local council leader has said.
Queen Elizabeth's grandson Harry and his American fiancee are to tie the knot at Windsor Castle, the monarch's palace to the west of London, in May with thousands of visitors expected to visit the town to celebrate the occasion.
Simon Dudley, the leader of the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead council, wrote on Twitter there had been an "epidemic of rough sleeping and vagrancy" in the town and said he wanted police "to focus on dealing with this before the #RoyalWedding."
"This is creating a concerning and hostile atmosphere for our residents and the seven million tourists who come to Windsor each year," he wrote in a letter to the local Police and Crime Commissioner Anthony Stansfield.
"It is becoming increasingly concerning to see the quantities of bags and detritus that those begging are accumulating and leaving on our pavements, at times unattended, thus presenting a security risk."
Windsor, the oldest inhabited castle in the world which has been a home of British monarchs for almost 1,000 years, attracts 1.3 million visitors every year, while many also visit the town to watch the regular "Changing the Guard" ceremony with soldiers in scarlet tunics and bearskin hats parading with an army band.
Dudley said the council had invested heavily in support services to help those in need with shelters and emergency accommodation for rough sleepers, added there was evidence that many of those begging were not in fact homeless
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Aren't the Royal Family a sort of beggars? They don't have jobs do they?
The boys are generally military officers.....
the ladies are.................waiting.
I'm kind of surprised to see your comment, John. I thought you would have known that the royals have duties, and it's conceivable that it keeps them busier than you.
Of course, they have jobs.
I saw this in the local paper today. It's pathetic that instead of helping the homeless they just want to re-locate them.
Let's hope the relocation puts them in warm homes with food.
I wouldn't hold my breath on that one.