The leader of anti-monarchy campaign group Republic has been arrested along with five of his team members in the run-up to the coronation of King Charles III, the group said.
Tens of thousands of people have gathered to cheer the royal procession and military parade for the coronation at London’s Westminster Abbey on Saturday, the biggest ceremonial event staged in the British capital for 70 years.
Well-wishers line the route of the King’s Procession, a two-kilometre stretch from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Abbey, in central London, on May 6, 2023. (Sebastien Bozon/pool via Reuters)
London Metropolitan Police chief Mark Rowley had warned on Friday that there would be a “very low tolerance for disruption.” There are more than 11,000 police officers on patrol in central London….