Police cadets have been praised after “making a real difference” by helping thousands of wellwishers at Friday’s royal wedding.
Teenagers from Merton’s Volunteer Police Cadets (VPC) helped marshal crowds in central London during the event.
They were stationed near Parliament Square, where they managed a pedestrian crossing and looked after spectators lining the route. Ten cadets from the VPC unit, which includes young people aged 14 to 19, met at Wimbledon police station at 5am on Friday before travelling into central London to join other police units managing the event.
Afterwards cadet Karolina Falkiewicz said: "This has been an amazing day - my feet hurt now but to think we've met so many people and helped the teams looking after the royal family, I just wanted the day to keep going so we could keep working.”
Superintendent Pete Dobson of Merton police thanked the teenagers. He said: "Today's deployment at the royal wedding has demonstrated just how reliable and committed these young people are, and how they are not afraid of hard work. They made a real difference - the value and importance of the volunteer police cadets has never been more obvious."
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