The Metropolitan Police has expressed “regret” over its arrest of six anti-monarchy protesters ahead of the King’s coronation, after deciding that no charges would be brought against them.
The Metropolitan Police has expressed “regret” over its arrest of six anti-monarchy protesters ahead of the King’sThe territorial police force responsible for law enforcement in Greater London said on Monday evening that the activists from Republic, a group that campaigns for the abolition of the monarchy, would not face charges after they were detained under controversial new anti-protest powers rushed into law ahead of the coronation.
Police were criticised by civil liberties groups after detaining 64 people for offences including affray and breach of the peace during the coronation. Many of them appeared to have been protesting peacefully and holding signs for groups including Just Stop Oil. The Met said that it had been determined to make sure no disruption to the event occurred.
Members of the anti-monarchist group Republic staged a protest along the procession route ahead of the coronation of King Charles.In a statement, the force said: “We regret that those six people arrested were unable to join the wider group of protesters in Trafalgar Square and elsewhere on the procession route.”
The Met has insisted “it was not our intention to prevent” protest at the coronation and “any suggestion all protest was prohibited is not correct.”
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