Khalid Abdalla warned the ‘right to protest is under attack’ amid Europe-wide crackdown on expressions of Palestinian solidarity

By Imran Mulla Published date: 4 March 2025 12:42 GMT

Khalid Abdalla, the British-Egyptian star of the hit show The Crown, and 87-year-old Holocaust survivor Stephen Kapos are among those who have been ordered to attend formal interviews with the Metropolitan Police over alleged public order breaches at a pro-Palestine rally in London in January.

Abdalla, who played Princess Diana’s lover Dodi Fayed in the hit Netflix drama The Crown, said on Monday: “I received a letter from the Metropolitan Police summoning me to attend ‘a formal interview’ in relations to the Palestine Solidarity Campaign protest of Jan 18th.”

So far, 21 people have been charged so far over the protest, the police said. They include the rally’s chief steward Chris Nineham and Palestine Solidarity campaign director Ben Jamal.