Anti-monarch group, Republic's Graham Smith was one of those arrested before the group had a chance to wave placards declaring: 'Not My King.'
LONDON - UK police on Saturday arrested leading members of the anti-monarchy group Republic as they prepared to protest along the route of a procession for the coronation of King Charles III, the organisation said.
Some onlookers nearby shouted "free Graham Smith" but others shouted "God save the king" and waved UK flags. UK police forces were controversially granted new anti-protest powers by the government under a new law rushed through this week.
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