REPORTS online have emerged of an incident outside of Buckingham Palace with protesters wearing MAGA hats being removed by police.
Footage has emerged of police trying to contain the situation, with mounted officers on horseback riding past.
At least one person has been taken away by police after a scuffle broke out when a few people wearing MAGA hats turned up to a much larger anti-NATO protest outside Buckingham Palace @LBC pic.twitter.com/okpYz6BtXg
— Mike Hughes (@MikeHughes_) December 3, 2019
A small group wearing ‘Make America Great Again’ hats kicked off on the mall near the NATO protest. Police jumped straight in. They’d earlier threatened me and a friend who were just passing. #NATO #NATOmeeting #TrumpProtest pic.twitter.com/ecpQeMpjhz
— Charlie Bell (@SkyCharlieBell) December 3, 2019
The disturbance is believed to be part of a greater gathering of people in protest of Nato, which is holding a leaders' meeting today and tomorrow in the UK capital.
Protesters of Donald Trump attended the gathering and it is unclear as of yet whether the individuals donning Trump's "Make America Great Again" hats were a counter-protest.
The demonstration was set to start at Trafalgar Square and proceed down The Mall, concluding outside Buckingham Palace. Footage shows the disturbance taking place at The Mall.
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