February 26, 2007
Tony Blair defied an assassination threat from al-Qa'eda to take part in the Queen's Golden Jubilee celebrations in central London, it can be revealed for the first time....Lord Stevens, talking for the first time about the alleged plot, said: "There was a threat against the Prime Minister over the Queen's Jubilee period. It was an assassination threat. There was good reason to believe that the threat was credible."
Lord Stevens, who confessed to not feeling the same degree of optimism, said that Mr Blair would not countenance withdrawing. "We went ahead. There were a lot of police officers around. There were lots of marksmen in the actual vicinity," he said.
"I remember sitting with him three or four along the line outside Buckingham Palace where I knew we were extremely vulnerable. I just looked out the side of my eye. There was not a shadow of any kind of fear. He had a job to do and he did it.
"You have to admire him and Cherie Blair, who also knew about the threat, for doing that. They showed great personal courage."
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