Buckingham Palace protest

Four people have been charged following a climate change protest outside Buckingham Palace that saw activists chain themselves to the gates.

A teacher and three unemployed people are accused of breaching Royal Parks regulations and the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act, the Metropolitan Police said.

Peter Coville, 45, from Riverside Court in Reading will appear in court next month alongside Fiona Brooke, 23, of Billingshurst Road in Horsham, Sussex, Cyril Zeldine, 33, of John Islip Street in Pimlico, London, and Philip Thornhill, 57, of Rockmount Road in Woolwich, London.

The four were arrested yesterday after demonstrators who said they represented the Climate Siren group scaled the Palace gates and secured themselves to the railings.

They were bailed to appear at London's Westminster Magistrates' Court on July 10.

Four climate change activists are being questioned by police after scaling the gates of Buckingham Palace and chaining themselves to the railings.

Three men and one woman who said they represented the Climate Siren group locked themselves to the centre gate, wearing t-shirts with the words "climate emergency. 10% annual emission cuts,".

Two of them held a banner carrying a quote from the Prince of Wales reading: "The doomsday clock of climate change is ticking ever faster towards midnight. We are simply not reacting quickly enough."

The four were removed by police using a cherry-picker.

Four climate change activists were arrested today after scaling the gates of Buckingham Palace and chaining themselves to the railings.

The four were removed by police using a cherry-picker more than four hours later as officers brought the protest to an end.

A Metrropolitan Police spokesman said:

A group of climate change activists scaled the gates of Buckingham Palace and secured themselves to the railings.

Four protesters from the Climate Siren group locked themselves to the south centre gate just after 2pm today, wearing t-shirts bearing the words "climate emergency. 10% annual emission cuts" and wielding megaphones.

The group said they were calling on the Queen to follow her son's example in speaking out about "the escalating threat of catastrophic climate change".

A Metropolitan Police spokesman said: "At approximately 2.05pm a number of protesters climbed the south centre gate at Buckingham Palace and secured themselves to the railings. Police are on the scene."