The risk of military horses bolting in panic during the coronation of King Charles was one of the reasons that the Met had a “lower” threshold for arrests, a senior officer said on Wednesday as she revealed that the force is ready to apologise to anyone wrongly detained.
Assistant Commissioner Louisa Rolfe said the safety of the large numbers of members of the public and dignitaries attending the event and intelligence of plans to cause serious disruption meant that officers had to act to prevent potential danger.
