Commonwealth Day Protests:

London Police Bundle Cameroonian Protesters at Queen's Abbey

-The group was protesting against the Commonwealth's blind eye on Cameroon

-News culled from Mailonline-

Cameroonian protesters gave London Police a run for their time on Monday

Two protesters have been tackled to the ground outside Westminster Abbey today minutes before the Queen and the royal family were due to arrive for the annual Commonwealth Day service.

                One suspect, carrying a bunch of white                 roses, was grabbed by the waist andpinned to the floor by officers guarding the road outside. 

                Another man with a large white banner was also held after apparently running from behind crash barriers into the cordoned off street and towards the Abbey.

A Scotland Yard spokesman said: ‘As part of the policing operation for Commonwealth Day celebrations, officers arrested two men for breach of Anti-Terrorism Road Traffic Regulations (ATTRO).

                ‘Both are in police custody. An operation remains in place whilst the celebrations are ongoing.’

                The men are believed to have been among a group of men protesting about 'Commonwealth hypocrisy' over the treatment of people in Cameron.

                The first suspect, carrying a bunch of white roses, was grabbed by the waist and pinned to the floor by officers guarding the road outside

                Harry and Meghan joined the monarch, the Prince of Wales, the Duchess of Cornwall and the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge in the central London church as they carry out their last public royal duty before they walk away from the monarchy. 

                But, unlike last year, Harry and Meghan will be conducted to their seats, rather than waiting for the Queen's arrival and walking through the church with the monarch and key royals as they did in 2019.

                The move signifies their impending exit from The Firm - dubbed Megxit.

                From March 31, the monarch's grandson and American former actress Meghan will no longer use their HRH styles as they pursue a new life of personal and financial freedom, mostly in North America.

                Today the Queen in her Commonwealth Day message has praised the diversity of the family of nations whose blend of traditions 'serves to make us stronger'.

                In her annual message, Her Majesty highlighted how global connectivity makes people aware their 'choices and actions' can affect the 'well-being of people and communities living far away' - and inspires many to be more careful with natural resources.

                International boxing champion and Olympic gold medallist Anthony Joshua will deliver a reflection, while singers Alexandra Burke and Craig David will perform.

                Ahead of their wedding, Harry and Meghan highlighted the Commonwealth as a priority for their royal duties.

                Harry said: 'Both of us have passions for wanting to make change, change for good, and with lots of young people running around the Commonwealth, that's where we're going to spend most of our time hopefully.'

                Stepping down as a working royal means Harry must leave his role as Commonwealth Youth Ambassador.

                But he will remain president of the Queen's Commonwealth Trust and Meghan will still be the Trust's vice-president.

                The couple are said to want to 'collectively make a change in the armed forces arena' and will make the military central to their charitable work in their new lives.

                A source told the Daily Mirror that issues such as medical care and homelessness for veterans and injured service personnel, both in the UK and the United States, are to be a focus of their new charitable organisation.

                The history of the Commonwealth goes back to the days of the British Empire, with leaders of semi-independent countries or Dominions attending conferences with Britain from 1887.

                The 1926 Imperial Conference saw Britain and the Dominions agreed that they were all equal members of a community within the Empire, which became called the Commonwealth.

                These Dominions and other territories of the Empire gradually became fully independent, and a meeting in 1949 agreed that republics and other countries could be part of the Commonwealth.

                This saw the modern Commonwealth formed. King George VI was the first Head of the Commonwealth, and Queen Elizabeth II took over when he died.

                Independent countries from Africa, North and South Americas, Asia, Europe and the Pacific have joined the Commonwealth since 1949.

                But the last two countries to join - Rwanda and Mozambique - have no historical ties to the Empire.