Four arrested after Trump, Epstein images projected onto Britain’s Windsor Castle
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An image of US President Donald Trump alongside convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is projected onto Windsor castle on Sept 16.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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LONDON - Four people were arrested on Sept 16 after images of Mr Donald Trump alongside American sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were projected onto the walls of Windsor Castle, where the US President is set to be hosted by King Charles during his state visit to Britain.
Mr Trump arrived in Britain late that evening for an unprecedented second state visit, and will be greeted by King Charles on Sept 17 for a day of pomp at Windsor Castle, about 40km west of London.
Earlier on Sept 16, protesters unfurled a massive banner featuring a photograph of Mr Trump and Epstein near Windsor Castle, and later projected several images of the two onto one of the castle’s towers.
British police said in a statement that four adults were arrested on suspicion of malicious communications following an “unauthorised projection” at Windsor Castle, which they described as a “public stunt”. The four remain in custody.
Democrats in the US House of Representatives on Sept 15 made public a birthday letter Mr Trump allegedly wrote to Epstein
The letter was also projected onto the castle, along with pictures of Epstein’s victims, news clips about the case and police reports.
The release of the letter has brought renewed attention to an issue that has become a political thorn in the President’s side.
An inscription reading “To Jeff, you are the greatest!”, a message found by The New York Times in a copy of US President Donald Trump’s book Trump: The Art Of The Comeback, which belonged to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein, is projected on Windsor castle on Sept 16.
PHOTO: REUTERS
Though he has urged his supporters to move on from the topic, appetite for details about Epstein’s crimes and who else may have known about them or been involved with him has remained high.
Mr Trump was friends with Epstein before becoming president but had a falling out with the former financier years before his 2019 suicide in prison.
The birthday letter contained text of a purported dialogue between Mr Trump and Epstein in which Mr Trump calls him a “pal” and says: “May every day be another wonderful secret.” The text sits within a crude sketch of the silhouette of a naked woman. REUTERS
