Just stop oil vandals spray paint Wellington Arch war memorial

Just Stop Oil vandals spray-painted one of the country’s best-known war memorials.

But the 10.15am attack on the Wellington Arch failed to stop the King’s Life Guard marching on horseback through the 200-year-old landmark.

Three protesters were arrested after setting off orange flares and using fire extinguishers to spray orange paint on the arch.

They also held up banners next to the Grade I-listed Arch near Buckingham Palace.

Just Stop Oil said on its Twitter/X account it was protesting against the awarding of fossil fuel licences.

The group wrote: “What use is art when droughts and wildfires ravage our green and pleasant land.”

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