PRINCE Charles's personal piper and drummer were forced to stop performing during a visit to York when an anti-war protester began shouting slogans.
Police were called to the Royal Dragoon Guards members' bandstand in Parliament Square yesterday afternoon when the man began disrupting their performance.
Officers spoke to the protester, Neil Williams, 47, and warned him that he faced arrest if he continued to cause a public disturbance.
Mr Williams, a former member of the Royal Engineers, said: "It makes me angry to see young people being encouraged to become soldiers. These people are inciting others to murder."
The Royal Dragoon Guardsmen were visiting the city as part of a recruitment drive and to promote a 24-hour Army charity run from York to Manchester to raise money for Yorkshire Cancer Research.
An Army spokesperson today said: "There was a small disturbance yesterday involving a 47-year-old man. Police spoke to him and it ended peacefully."
Updated: 10:43 Thursday, July 24, 2003
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