Protester condemned for attempting to disrupt George Osborne’s marriage ceremony
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protester has tried to disrupt the marriage of former chancellor George Osborne to his long-term associate by throwing orange confetti at them as they left the church following the service.
The girl ambushed Mr Osborne, 52, and his new bride Thea Rogers, 40, outdoors the 14th Century St Mary’s Church within the Somerset village of Bruton and shortly fled smiling after being approached by safety.
Environmental marketing campaign group Just Stop Oil, famend for its disruptive stunts, retweeted a video of the incident, saying: “You look good in orange George Osborne — congratulations to the newlyweds.”
The tweet was condemned by former residence secretary Priti Patel, who accused Just Stop Oil of being “shameful, attention seeking, disrespectful low life”.
Around 200 folks, together with a string of well-known politicians and journalists, attended the marriage amid a thriller over an e-mail apparently despatched to company.
Among the company attending had been former prime minister David Cameron and his spouse Samantha, former chancellor Sajid Javid and Levelling-Up Secretary Michael Gove.
Also current had been Lord Hague and his spouse Ffion, former well being secretary Matt Hancock, ex-governor of the Bank of England Mark Carney, in addition to Labour heavyweight Ed Balls and his spouse Yvette Cooper, the shadow residence secretary.
As effectively as politicians there have been a bunch of well-known journalists.
They included Today Programme host Nick Robinson, former Newsnight presenter Emily Maitlis, ex-BBC correspondent Jon Sopel, former Sky News political editor Adam Boulton along with his spouse Anji Hunter, an adviser in Downing Street beneath Sir Tony Blair, and Mariella Frostrup.
Mr Osborne was not seen arriving on the church forward of the service, however Ms Rogers walked by means of the churchyard to claps from well-wishers.
The service, which lasted practically an hour, included music from Beethoven’s Ode To Joy and Hubert Parry’s Jerusalem.
After the smiling couple, who’ve two kids collectively and personal property in Bruton, emerged from the church because the bells rang, to pose for pictures.
Suddenly a neatly dressed girl walked as much as the newlyweds and showered them with orange confetti from a Union flag paper bag.
Mr Osborne appeared behind him as she approached the couple earlier than throwing the confetti over the groom.
The grey-haired girl, in a floral costume and pale colored jacket, emptied the bag of confetti close to the couple earlier than she left after being spoken to by two males.
They appeared puzzled, however didn’t seem to talk to the girl, who fled shortly when approached by journalists.
The orange confetti seemed to be much like that scattered by Just Stop Oil protesters at Wimbledon on Wednesday.
As company left the church, they lined up outdoors to cheer and throw confetti on the newly married couple as they walked down the trail to their marriage ceremony automobile.
The couple’s marriage ceremony comes amid a riddle over an e-mail despatched earlier this week to lots of the invited marriage ceremony company in addition to some journalists.
After quitting the House of Commons, Mr Osborne turned editor of the Evening Standard newspaper.
The city of Bruton has been dubbed “the Notting Hill of the West” as a result of variety of celebrities dwelling there.