Chapter 1936 De-escalating the situation
With the issuance of an emergency police bulletin confirming that the violent explosion on Fleet Street was not a terrorist attack, the chaotic and unusual situation around the Temple Church finally changed and gradually calmed down.
Those who were terrified and scattered in all directions stopped their tracks, turned their heads to look around, began to observe the situation around them, and somewhat regained a little reason.
People who had just burst into a few nearby buildings, into street-side bars and restaurants, hiding under flower beds, and even behind roadside garbage bins were also sneaking out of their hideouts.
Many of the London police and British soldiers who remained around the Temple Church were also calmed down after receiving the order and began to re-establish order in the area.
And the arrival of Prince Charles and Prince William's convoy was like a reassuring pill, so that everyone instantly understood that the deafening explosion just now was indeed not a terrorist attack.
Otherwise, the first and second in line to the throne of the English king would never have been able to rush to the Temple Church at this time, unless they were insane.
Escorted and guided by a large number of heavily armed London police and British soldiers, the convoy of Prince Charles and Prince William drove through the chaotic crowd to the entrance of the Temple Church, and slowly came to a halt.
Immediately afterwards, Prince Charles and Prince William got out of the car one after another, escorted by more than a dozen royal security personnel, and walked towards the door of the temple church.
In addition to the royal security personnel, around them, there were many heavily armed Scottish Yard special police, holding several heavy police shields, to protect Prince Charles and them closely.
As they spoke, Prince Charles and the others had ascended the steps to the entrance of the Temple Chapel, which was only a stone's throw away from the Temple Church door.
At this moment, several media reporters who had already come back to their senses immediately seized this rare opportunity and began to ask questions loudly while standing outside the cordon.
"Good evening, Your Royal Highness the Prince and Your Royal Highness the Prince, I am a reporter for The Times, can you tell me about the violent explosion that just took place on Fleet Street, how much damage was caused by the explosion, and was it a terrorist attack?"
"Good evening, Your Royal Highness the Prince and Prince, I'm the Washington Post correspondent in London, and you have just arrived at the Temple Church after a violent explosion on Fleet Street.
Why did you come to the temple church at such a time, despite the danger? Can you explain to us the specific reason? I'm sure everybody is interested."
Hearing the questions of these media reporters, Prince Charles immediately whispered to everyone around him to stop everyone.
Next, he whispered a few words with Prince William, and then Prince William came forward to respond to questions from many media reporters.
For them, this is a good opportunity to set the record straight and calm the people's emotions, and by the way, they can also show the gentlemanly demeanor of the royal family members who are not afraid of danger, which naturally cannot be missed.
Escorted by several royal security guards and special police officers from Scotland Yard, Prince William reached the steps of the church entrance and looked at the frightened people in the square in front of the church, as well as many media reporters.
He first raised his hands and pressed down lightly, signaling everyone to be quiet, and then picked up a hand-held megaphone handed by the security personnel and said loudly:
"Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, friends from the media, the police have issued an emergency notice before, and I would like to state here that the violent explosion that occurred on Fleet Street was by no means a terrorist attack!
Don't be frightened or scared, be sure to cooperate with the London Police, undergo some necessary identity checks, and then evacuate in an orderly manner and return to your respective homes to reunite with your families.
The explosion on Fleet Street, which occurred in the British headquarters of Goldman Sachs, was now evening, and everyone had gone home from work, and the explosion caused only some property damage, but no fatalities.
According to the police investigation and speculation, the explosion was probably deliberately created by some people in order to create chaos, and then take advantage of the chaos to infiltrate the temple church and loot the newly discovered Christian relics.
I would like to remind everyone that you must be careful of strangers around you, except for the police and friends you know, do not listen to anyone's demagogy, and at the same time pay attention to safety, I hope everyone can go home smoothly."
Hearing this, everyone in the square in front of the temple church couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and relax a little.
Immediately after that, everyone began to look around and examine every stranger they didn't know, as if every stranger had malicious intentions, was a bastard who had just deliberately created chaos and had just bewitched him.
Through the cameras and video cameras of many media reporters at the scene, as well as the mobile phones of the people at the scene, Prince William's words spread throughout London, the United Kingdom, and even the world in a blink of an eye.
Like the people in the square in front of the temple church, everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they heard the news, it was not a terrorist attack!
Of course, there are also many people who sigh!
What a great opportunity, it's a shame that someone cracked it like this.
After a moment's pause, Prince William's voice came out again, reaching everyone's ears.
"A journalist friend just asked, why did we come to the Temple Church at such a moment when the explosion on Fleet Street had just occurred and the smoke had not yet cleared?
In fact, we were taken aback by the fact that we had left Buckingham Palace and were heading for the Temple Church long before the explosion occurred.
But the police quickly issued an urgent announcement that it was not a terrorist attack, so we set out again to come to the temple church, and as for the purpose of our visit, we can tell you.
The Golden Crown of King Edward I, as well as the preparation of the Crusader Knights of King Edward I and the Earl of Lancaster, discovered by the joint expedition, were very important to the British royal family.
The reason we ventured here was to talk to Mr. Steven and see if we could come to an agreement to get those important antiques back through a deal,......"
Obviously, Prince William is not completely telling the truth, there are both fiction and reality.
King Edward I's golden crown and the priceless Crusader Knights' gear were their targets, but the more important goal of their trip was the Stone of Irish Destiny.
He didn't say a word about the stone of Irish destiny.
On this occasion, he didn't dare to mention it, as long as he dared to leak the news of the existence of the Stone of Destiny in Ireland, Northern Ireland, and even the whole of Ireland, would instantly boil.
At that time, the British will probably have to send troops to suppress and extinguish fires everywhere, and there is no other way.
While Prince William was answering questions from reporters and calming the people's emotions, the inside of the Temple Church had gradually calmed down, but the atmosphere was extremely tense, and the air was filled with the smell of gunpowder.
The people who had previously poured into the temple church gathered in the open space of the outer temple, which was crowded and crowded.
Around the crowd, heavily armed London police and British soldiers were watching, all on high alert.
They have been ordered by their superiors to maintain order and ensure the safety of Prince Charles and Prince William, and to prevent any accidents.
Moreover, the Commissioner of Police, who issued the order, repeatedly stressed that the identities of the people at the scene should not be checked for the time being, as this would only exacerbate the conflict and even cause a fierce fire, causing a large number of casualties.
Not only did the London Police Commissioner and Ye Tian also warn all police officers and soldiers who entered the temple church through a handheld megaphone not to check their identities for the time being, which would only make the situation out of control.
As this order came out, everyone in the temple church secretly breathed a sigh of relief and relaxed a little.
In particular, those who had hidden in the crowd and had come for the treasures of the Knights Templar and the Christian relics finally let go of their grips on the handle of their guns, temporarily dispelling the idea of revolting.
Each of them knew very well that, given the situation in front of them, there was no possibility of taking advantage of the chaos to storm the temple inside the Templar Church and rob the Knights Templar of the treasures and the Christian relics.
With the ruthlessness of that bastard, even if all the ordinary people who poured into the temple church died, he would not remove those obstacles, let alone give up even a single copper plate.
As he spoke, Prince William finished answering reporters' questions, and his voice disappeared.
Immediately afterwards, under the protection of a large number of royal security personnel and several heavy police shields, Prince Charles and Prince William, as well as the director of the British Museum, and other top experts and scholars rushed into the temple church.
At the same time, the nerves of many London policemen and British soldiers in the outer nave of the Temple Church were also tense to the extreme, and everyone's index finger was next to the trigger, ready to go into battle at any time.
Fortunately, there were no accidents, and in a warm applause, Prince Charles and Prince William and their entourage successfully passed through the outer hall and came to the obstacles in the middle temple.
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