Eight activists charged after Crown Jewels and The Ritz targeted

Ellen Redwood-Brown, 23, Tom Barber, 66, Toby Ellwood, 21, and Tjalle Rumley, 26, have all been charged following the incident at The Ritz Hotel.

Fatima Ali, 19, Miriam Cranch, 22, Mack Preston, 22, and Matthew Cooper, 50, face charges relating to the Crown Jewels’ incident at the Tower of London.

All of the defendants will appear in court in the next two weeks, police said.

At the time of the Crown Jewels’ incident, the group said its activists flung crumble and custard at the display case to demand that the government established a permanent citizen’s assembly, or “House of the People”, with the power to “tax extreme wealth and fix Britain”.

Take Back Power shared footage on social media of the incident, which showed one protester slamming a large foil tray of crumble at the glass. Another then poured a tub of bright yellow custard on the front of the case.

“Democracy has crumbled,” one protester could be heard shouting.