Taylor Swift originally requested armed police guard ahead of Wembley gigs — but was refused

TAYLOR Swift asked for an equipped constabulary defender up of her Wembley gigs — but was refused.

The popular prima was yet granted a blue-light escort astatine large disbursal to the taxpayer.

It sparked a immense enactment with Labour politicians accused of pressuring the Met Police to supply the royalty-style treatment.

The US singer’s mum Andrea negotiated straight with the PM’s then-chief of unit Sue Gray implicit the protection.

A root said: “She primitively requested an equipped guard. She whitethorn person assumed cops were armed.”

Taylor’s mum had threatened to axe the shows pursuing a foiled termination weaponry crippled astatine her Austria gigs.

Home Secretary Yvette Cooper and London Mayor Sadiq Khan some personally intervened successful discussions.

Sir Keir Starmer accepted a freebie ticket to 1 of the Swift concerts and met her backstage successful August.

The PM denied it was a thank-you for the escort but aboriginal paid backmost the money.

The Met said: “Our decision-making is based connected a thorough appraisal of threat, hazard and harm and the circumstances of each case.”