Prince William, Kate Middleton Protesters Allegedly Planned ‘Maggot Confetti’ For Royal Wedding

Prince William and Kate Middleton’s royal wedding in 2011 would have been destroyed by a group of protesters who wanted to throw maggots to the royal couple instead of confetti.

The nine protesters were detained on April 29, 2011, after the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s nuptials. Eight years later, it was reported that they lost their legal battle against pre-emptive arrests made on the day.

Prince William and Middleton’s protesters wanted to draw attention to cuts and public services that would directly impact the members of the LGBTQ community.

“The court noted that the UK courts had undertaken a comprehensive review of the background facts of the applicants’ cases. Like the court, they held that the arrests had been necessary to prevent the likelihood of an imminent breach of the peace, taking into account the crowd size, international interest, and ‘severe’ threat level on the day of the royal wedding,” the court ruling reads.

According to reports, the protesters were taking part in a tongue-in-cheek “zombie wedding,” which they called “Not the Royal Wedding” in Soho. Organizers asked people to dress up for a fun and theatrical event to make a serious point.

The nine protesters’ names were released by various media outlets. Hannah Eisenman-Renyard, the lead claimant in the case, said that she just joined the event to film and report on it that’s why she was surprised when she got arrested while dining at a Starbucks outlet.

Eisenman-Renyard also clarified that they did not have any intention to throw maggots at the royal couple and said that the leaflets that were distributed to the public were intended as a joke.

“I went out to report on a flash mob with lip stain dripping down my chin but ended up with handcuff marks on my wrist. This is not the outcome we hoped for after 8 years of a really long fight… In 2011, the arrests were both unjust and unlawful,” she said.