Three people have been arrested in a security clampdown related to Prince William's wedding to Kate Middleton, police said.
The arrests come as Britain's police force gears up for a modern security nightmare in today's event at Westminster Abbey, with 5000 officers on duty to look out for everything from Irish dissident terrorists, Muslim extremists, anti-monarchists, protesters and ordinary riffraff who might blight the royal spectacle.
Scotland Yard said officers detained three individuals in south London on Thursday evening (local time) on suspicion of conspiracy to cause public nuisance and breach of the peace. The suspects - two men, aged 68 and 45, and a 60-year old woman - remain in custody at a local police station, the Metropolitan Police said.
The police declined to give further details, saying it believed those arrested were planning to attend the Royal wedding and that 19 other arrests not specifically related to the event were made in London earlier in the day.
