The force faced a backlash after detaining a number of members of the campaign group Republic over the weekend, and has now said their investigation was unable to prove intent to disrupt the event
A government minister has accused some anti-monarchy protesters of planning to cause"dangerous" disruption during the coronation, despite the Metropolitan Police expressing"regret" for arresting them.
But he also argued"in some cases, they did the right thing", as it was"also a question of what [protesters] were going to doThe minister added:"What [the police] have to do is to stop people doing things that are potentially really dangerous.
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