Climate activists crash Queen Elizabeth's Jubilee celebrations, protest against Crown's climate inaction

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II is celebrating her record-breaking 70 years on the British throne.

Elizabeth has been on the throne longer than any of her predecessors and is the third-longest serving monarch of a sovereign state. 

The Jubilee celebrations were kicked off with the traditional 'Trooping the colour' ceremony. During this, the British infantry regiments organise an elaborate parade to mark the birthday of the sovereign.

As thousands lined the streets in celebration the festivities were marred by activists from Animal Rebellion, an animal rights and climate justice group.

(Image: Animal Rebellion)

As per the group's website, 25 of its supporters crashed the event as the Queen's procession made its way towards Buckingham Palace. As per the organisation, 12 'Animal Rebels' were arrested and are now in custody.

Their aim: to raise awareness about the crown's inaction on the climate emergency and its support for the meat, fishing and dairy industry - a leading contributor to climate change.

Demanding a shift to a plant-based future, the group claims that a global shift would 'sequester' more than 300 gigatonnes of Carbon dioxide, and halt the increase of greenhouse gases for 30 years. 

Shortly after its protestors were removed by the police the group posted a video of the whole thing on Twitter.

The group claims that "The Crown is one of the largest landholders in The UK and has had decades to transition to plant-based farming and rewilding but has chosen not to."

As per Beau King Houston, one of the protestors “The Royal family has had decades to lead the way on a just transition to plant-based farming and has failed to do so. This transition is common sense and simple, we all win. 76% of currently farmed land could be rewilded and absorb carbon from the atmosphere. This would restore nature, spare billions of animals, and present a solution to the climate emergency, all in one act.”