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Thursday, 22 July 2010

Griffin set to attend royal garden party (UK)

British National Party (BNP) leader Nick Griffin is expected to attend a Buckingham Palace garden party later.

The far-right politician intends to take three members of his family to the event in his capacity as an MEP for the North West.

Last year Mr Griffin withdrew from attending a similar event out of fear of embarrassing the Queen.

A Buckingham Palace spokesman confirmed that as an MEP Mr Griffin was eligible to nominate himself to attend a garden party, as part of the allocation of tickets to the European Parliament.

In 2009 Mr Griffin was invited to attend a Buckingham Palace garden party by his BNP colleague Richard Barnbrook who, as a London Assembly member, was nominated for two tickets by the Greater London Authority (GLA).

He bowed out of the event following a wave of public protest.

ITN News