- The man was reduced and the Metropolitan Police confirmed his arrest.

Moment of the arrest of the man who grabbed the royal banner that covers the coffin of Elizabeth II. / Twitter

This was the arrest of a man who pulled the flag that covers the coffin of Elizabeth II

The Metropolitan Police of London arrested this Friday night a man who jumped from the queue of mourners of Queen Elizabeth II and came to grab the royal banner that covers the coffin of the monarch.

As reported by the Daily Mail, the events occurred around 10:00 p.m., when the man made his way through a row of mourners, ran to the coffin, and tried to raise the royal standard. Then it is believed that he got his hands on the queen's coffin.

In just a few seconds, as can be seen in a video broadcast on social networks, the man was removed from the coffin and reduced to the ground. The Metropolitan Police confirmed the arrest of the man, on suspicion of a public order offense.

Police have made an arrest after a man appeared to rush towards the Queen's coffin on Friday.
Footage showed a dark skinned man being swiftly surrounded by several security guards & police officers in front of onlookers, before he was removed from the floor of Westminster Hall pic.twitter.com/6Ka9e0RsOE

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The Daily Mail collects some testimonies from witnesses: "We saw him in the queue from the beginning and throughout the day, he was alone. When we entered the room, we were at the top of the stairs and saw the incident. A lady screamed as it happened, though they stopped him and people kept calm and moved on."

Another witness, Tracey Holland, whose seven-year-old niece, Darcy, was pushed by the man while running to the coffin, described the incident: "One person decided to push my seven-year-old niece, run to the coffin, raise the banner and trying to do I don't know what. The police caught him in two seconds."

The queen has been lying in Westminster Hall since Wednesday when her coffin was carried from Buckingham Palace to allow people to come and pay their respects. Hundreds of thousands of mourners have passed through the hall in recent days, despite queues lasting up to 24 hours.

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