British government security officials have a number of contingency plans in place to handle any eventuality during tomorrow’s royal wedding activities. My personal favorite, apparently called Operation Pumpkin, is the plan for what to do if Kate leaves William at the alter.

The top-secret contingency plan for a “runaway bride” scenario has been dubbed “Operation Pumpkin”, and if put into effect would see hundreds of operatives switch tasks in a desperate attempt to generate a moving security cordon around the escaping future Queen – while simultaneously attempting to preserve Prince William’s option to pursue and dramatically win her back.

“Frankly, it’s a nightmare scenario,” one highly-placed MI5 source confessed to the Reg yesterday. “But you have to plan for every possible contingency, and let’s face it, this one’s hardly that unlikely, is it? Obviously we had to get together with Clarence House and work something out.