Brexiteers have been left seething at the presence of EU flags at the Last Night of the Proms.
The classical music festival drew to a close at the Royal Albert Hall on Saturday night after another successful summer of shows featuring musicians from around the world.
Director David Pickard said it was the first “really full” Last Night since 2019, following Covid and the Queen’s death.
Crowds sang along, waved flags, and stomped their feet, including to Rule, Britannia!
But it was the high number of EU flags that really got people talking after campaigners managed to drop off thousands ahead of the show.
People were quick to take to X (formerly Twitter) with pictures of inside the Albert Hall.
But not everyone was happy about it.
Harvey Proctor posted: “BBC must investigate how so many EU flags were waved & on display at The Last Night of the Proms.
“Disgraceful & misguided BBC messing up a British tradition; a political gesture which would make Sir Henry Wood turn in his grave.
“Utterly vulgar & wrong. Rule Britannia, not Rule EU”.
While Mark Crockett added: “Anyone waving or displaying that EU flag should of been made to put out of site or escorted out the venue.”
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