Man Arrested After Running Towards Queen Elizabeth Ii’s Coffin

A man who attempted to approach Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin on Friday night in London has been arrested by London police.

According to information obtained by Mandy News from the British publication, The Guardian, the man—whose identity has not been made public—broke through the crowd and made it across the remote region where the casket is. Guards on the scene quickly stopped him, causing him to fall to the ground.

He was rendered helpless and taken away from the area. The man’s whereabouts in prison had not been disclosed by the London police up to the publication of the most recent edition of this article

“At around 10 pm on Friday, officials from Parliamentary Command and Diplomatic Protection detained a man at Westminster Hall following a disturbance. He was arrested for a felony under the Public Order Act and is currently in custody,” police said.

At Balmoral Palace, a British royal home in Scotland, Queen Elizabeth II kicked the bucket on September 8 at the age of 96. The royal banner, the imperial crown, and the scepter—symbols of the authority of the British monarchy—are draped over the coffin, which is on top of a purple catafalque and rests atop a pedestal.

A public wake for the Queen was held in Westminster Hall in London, where thousands of mourners paid their respects to her.

The police were obliged to halt access to the several-kilometer-long line, where people had been waiting for the coffin for about 14 hours, on Friday morning, September 16, due to the constant influx of people.