Sunak Backs Met Over 64 Coronation Arrests

Sunak Backs Met Over 64 Coronation Arrests
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak holds an oversized tea pot as he goes to pour a cup as he sits next to U.S. First Lady Jill Biden during a Coronation Big Lunch in Downing Street, London, on May 7, 2023. Frank Augstein/PA Media
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The prime minister has backed the Metropolitan Police after the force was criticised for arresting dozens of protesters during the coronation of King Charles III.

As tens of thousands of people, including foreign heads of state, gathered at London’s Westminster Abbey to celebrate on Saturday, 64 people were arrested, including anti-monarchy protesters, climate activists, and people in possession of rape alarms.