Images of Trump and Jeffrey Epstein projected on Windsor Castle as U.S. president visits the UK

Four radical were arrested Tuesday nighttime successful the United Kingdom successful transportation with the projection of an representation onto Windsor Castle showing President Donald Trump with his then-friend, notorious enactment offender Jeffrey Epstein.

The stunt came arsenic Trump began a state sojourn to the U.K., and arsenic the president has been dogged by months of contention implicit the Justice Department's determination not to merchandise law-enforcement files related to Epstein.

The Independent paper reported that, successful summation to the representation showing Epstein successful 1997 with Trump astatine the president's Mar-a-Lago nine successful Florida, different images projected onto Windsor Castle included Trump's mugshot from erstwhile helium was charged successful Atlanta with crimes related to his effort to undo his 2020 predetermination nonaccomplishment successful the authorities of Georgia.

Windsor Castle, which is simply a royal residence of King Charles III, is located astir 25 miles extracurricular London.

Thames Valley Police, whose jurisdiction includes the castle, said successful a statement, "Four adults were arrested connected suspicion of malicious communications pursuing a nationalist stunt successful Windsor."

"All 4 stay successful custody astatine this time," constabulary said.

"We instrumentality immoderate unauthorised enactment astir Windsor Castle highly seriously," said Chief Superintendent Felicity Parker. "Our officers responded swiftly to halt the projection and 4 radical person been arrested."

"We are conducting a thorough probe with our partners into the circumstances surrounding this incidental and volition supply further updates erstwhile we are successful a presumption to bash so," she said.

Trump and Epstein had been friends for years earlier the 2 men fell retired successful the mid-2000s.

Epstein, 66, killed himself successful a national jailhouse successful Manhattan successful August 2019, a period aft being arrested connected kid enactment trafficking charges lodged by a U.S. Attorney whom Trump had appointed.

King Charles' brother, Prince Andrew, has been tainted by his ain relationship with Epstein. In January 2022, Andrew's mother, the precocious Queen Elizabeth, stripped him of his subject affiliations and royal patronages arsenic helium fought a New York suit that accused him of sexually abusing an underage miss portion she was successful Epstein's control.

Andrew denied immoderate wrongdoing, but a period aft the queen's move, helium settled retired of tribunal that suit by the accuser, Virginia Giuffre, connected undisclosed terms.

But that papers besides said that Andrew, 61, volition marque "a important donation to Ms. Giuffre's foundation successful enactment of victims' rights."

Last week, U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer fired the British ambassador to the U.S., Peter Mandelson, aft a U.S. House committee released documents related to Epstein, which included a missive from Mandelson successful which helium called the enactment offender his "best pal."

Epstein's accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell, is serving a 20-year situation word aft being convicted of procuring underage girls to beryllium sexually abused by him.