Four Arrested After State Crown Display Case Defaced at Tower of London
Four protesters were arrested after throwing custard and apple crumble at the display case holding the Imperial State Crown inside the Tower of London.
Four people have been arrested after throwing custard and apple crumble at the display case housing part of the Crown Jewels at the Tower of London.
Police were called shortly before dawn on Saturday when the case containing the Imperial State Crown was vandalized.
The Metropolitan Police said four people have been arrested on suspicion of criminal damage, and the Tower's Jewel House has been closed to the public while police investigate.
Take Back Power, which describes itself as a new non-violent civil-resistance group, claimed to be behind the act.
The group said it staged the stunt to force the UK government to create a Permanent Citizens' Assembly – a "House of the People" – with the power to "tax excessive wealth and fix Britain."
Footage shared by the group on social media showed a protester removing a large foil tray of crumble from a bag and then slamming it against the glass protecting the Imperial State Crown.
Then another poured bright yellow custard onto the front of the case. One protester shouted, "Democracy is broken." Another said: "Britain is broken. We've come to take power back to the nation's jewels."
Amazed tourists could be seen reacting to the stunt, while a Tower of London staff member spoke on her radio.
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