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Edinburgh Live
Edinburgh Live
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Iona Young & Kris Gourlay

Edinburgh group gather on Royal Mile to protest free speech with giant blanket

Protesters have gathered near St Giles' Cathedral in Edinburgh to oppose the fact that several individuals with anti-royalist views have been arrested in recent days.

Gathered with large blank signs, the group say they are demonstrating the right to free speech and that nobody should be apprehended for displaying a peaceful protest.

With several people turning up with anti-royalist signs and slogans ahead of the Queen's cortege arriving in Edinburgh on Friday, Police Scotland confirmed a 22-year-old woman was subsequently arrested for breach of the peace.

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