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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Ben Quinn, Rajeev Syal and Vikram Dodd

Anti-monarchists receive ‘intimidatory’ Home Office letter on new protest laws

Protests as Charles and Camilla visited York Minster in April
Protests as Charles and Camilla visited York Minster in April. Republic is planning protests on Saturday under the banner ‘Not My King’. Photograph: Ian Forsyth/Getty Images

Official warning letters have been sent to anti-monarchists planning peaceful protests at King Charles III’s coronation saying that new criminal offences to prevent disruption have been rushed into law.

Using tactics described by lawyers as “intimidatory”, the Home Office’s Police Powers Unit wrote to the campaign group Republic saying new powers had been brought forward to prevent “disruption at major sporting and cultural events”.

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