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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Tobi Thomas

Police apologise after detaining royal fan at coronation for 13 hours

Alice Chambers at the coronation
Alice Chambers surrounded by police at the coronation. Photograph: Sky News

Police have been forced to apologise to a royal fan after arresting and detaining her for 13 hours for standing near a group of Just Stop Oil protesters at King Charles’s coronation.

Alice Chambers, an Australian architect based in London, was waiting on the Mall in central London to see the king pass by on his way to Westminster Abbey when she was handcuffed by police officers.

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