VIPs forgo bodyguards, motorcades at Olympics

Published July 27, 2012 4:47pm ET



LONDON (AP) — The high and mighty accustomed to motorcades with dozens of well-armed security guards are being forced to travel light at the Olympics.

Organizers are limiting some leaders to one or two security guards inside the Olympic Park, depending on the dangers they’re deemed to face. Their bodyguards can’t sit with them; they’ll have to stand in the back. And some VIPs will even have to forgo their stylish rides and travel together — on a humble bus.

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