London Police Arrest Anti-Monarchy Protesters on Coronation Day
- Several detained ahead of Charles’s formal crowning as king
- Republic campaign says its leader was among those arrested
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Police arrested several people on suspicion of causing public disorder offenses in central London ahead of the coronation of King Charles III.
In the first incident, police detained a number of people in the area of Carlton House Terrace, while four protesters were also held in the vicinity of St. Martin’s Lane. Three people were later arrested close to Wellington Arch, the Metropolitan Police said on Twitter. All three locations are near the route of the coronation procession.