Queen Elizabeth orders police to respect citizens’ right to protest against monarchy

THE police of London warned the officers that the public has the right to protests against the monarchysince a video, which was broadcast widely on social media, depicts them forces to remove a female protesterand arrests in the rest of the UK after death of Elizabeth II.

The death of the 96-year-old queen, who was very popular, caused one emotional wave, with unanimous praise even from democrats in Northern Ireland or independence supporters in Scotland.

Yesterday, Monday, while King Charles III was on his way to Parliament in London to accept the condolences of his two bodies, two female protesters held up placards reading ‘He is not my king’, ‘Abolish the monarchy’ and ‘End feudalism’ on the pavement opposite the Palace of Westminster.

One of them, as reported by APE-MPE, then approached the railing of the parliament and officers removed her without incidentaccording to images released via Twitter by the Evening Standard newspaper and retweeted thousands of times.

“The public has absolutely the right to protest, we have made that clear to all police officers who are taking part in the emergency police operation that is going on right now and we will continue to do so,” reacted Metropolitan Police last night.

Outside of London, before Elizabeth II’s coffin arrives in Edinburgh on Sunday, A woman holding a ‘Abolish the Monarchy’ placard was arrested by Scottish police for disorderly conduct to applause.

The woman has been released but will appear in court at a later date.

During the funeral procession yesterday, Monday, in Scotland, a video circulating on the Internet shows a man shouting “sick old man!” to Prince Andrew, who paid millions in the United States to avoid a sexual assault trial. The man was forcibly removed by police officers.

In Oxford, in the center of England, a 45-year-old pacifist was briefly detained after shouting “Who elected him?” for the new king.

The organization for the defense of individual liberties Big Brother Watch denounced the recent arrests as an “insult to democracy” reminding that “freedom of expression is the foundation of British democracy”.

According to a poll published on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of Elizabeth’s reign in June by the YouGov institute, 62% of Britons believe that the country should remain a monarchy, while only 22% believe that it needs an elected head of state.