Flower Power During Wartime: Prince Charles Gets an anti-war slap in Latviahe
Maxim Kraynev | 08.11.2001 17:45
Russian TV channel NTV has just reported that a brave woman named Alina has slapped Prince Charles in the face with a bouqet of flowers on the streets of Riga, Latvia, protesting against Latvia joining NATO and the UK bombing Afghanistan.
Flower Power During Wartime: Prince Charles Gets an anti-war slap in Latviahe
A young red-headed woman is reported to have made her way to the front rows of Latvians greeting Prince Charles of Wales on the streets of Riga and slapped him in the face with a bouqet of flowers. Charles is visiting Latvia marking the 10th anniversary of restoration of diplomatic relations between Latvia and the UK.
The woman was arrested by the police. She gave her first name Alina and said that her [symbolic, but still pretty direct] action was a protest against Britain participating in bombings of Afghanistan and Latvia joining NATO. She is reported to have told that she is "opposed to Latvia joining NATO, opposed to the war in Afghanistan, Britain is the enemy of my country".
Russian-language reports and photo shots of the accident can be found at:
http://www.ntvru.com/world/08Nov2001/charles.html
The woman was arrested by the police. She gave her first name Alina and said that her [symbolic, but still pretty direct] action was a protest against Britain participating in bombings of Afghanistan and Latvia joining NATO. She is reported to have told that she is "opposed to Latvia joining NATO, opposed to the war in Afghanistan, Britain is the enemy of my country".
Russian-language reports and photo shots of the accident can be found at:
http://www.ntvru.com/world/08Nov2001/charles.html
Maxim Kraynev
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