Guardian News published this video item, entitled “Head of UK’s leading anti-monarchy movement among several arrested at coronation protest” – below is their description.
The police have arrested six organisers of an anti-monarchy protest at the coronation, including the head of Republic, the UK’s leading republican movement. Graham Smith, seen in the footage sitting on the floor surrounded by police, was among those arrested at around 7.30am as activists began gathering at Trafalgar Square.
Harry Stratton, a director at Republic, who arrived as the organisers were detained, said: ‘We asked on what grounds they had been arrested but they wouldn’t say. It is a surprise as we had had a number of meetings with the police.’
Head of UK’s leading anti-monarchy group arrested at coronation protest
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