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Batman visits Buckingham Palace
 (Agencies)
Updated: 2004-09-14 15:16


A security officer stands by as father's rights campaigner Jason Hatch (R), dressed as Batman, protests on a balcony at Buckingham Palace in London, September 13, 2004. Hatch from the fathers' rights group that pelted Prime Minister Tony Blair with flour-filled condoms, staged a dramatic protest on a Buckingham Palace balcony on Monday. Police, faced with their second major security breach in four months, tried in vain to talk down the protester from Queen Elizabeth's London residence.  [Reuters]
Father's rights campaigner Jason Hatch, dressed as Batman, gestures as he protests on a balcony at Buckingham Palace in London, September 13, 2004. Hatch from the fathers' rights group staged a dramatic protest on a Buckingham Palace balcony on Monday. Police, faced with their second major security breach in four months, tried in vain to talk down the protester from Queen Elizabeth's London residence. [Reuters]
Father's rights campaigner Jason Hatch, dressed as Batman, gestures as he protests on a balcony at Buckingham Palace in London, September 13, 2004. Hatch from the fathers' rights group staged a dramatic protest on a Buckingham Palace balcony on Monday. Police, faced with their second major security breach in four months, tried in vain to talk down the protester from Queen Elizabeth's London residence. [Reuters]
Father's rights campaigner Jason Hatch, dressed as Batman, gestures as he protests on a balcony at Buckingham Palace in London, September 13, 2004. Hatch from the fathers' rights group staged a dramatic protest on a Buckingham Palace balcony on Monday. Police, faced with their second major security breach in four months, tried in vain to talk down the protester from Queen Elizabeth's London residence. [Reuters]
Father's rights campaigner Jason Hatch, dressed as Batman, removes his mask as he protests on a balcony at Buckingham Palace in London, September 13, 2004. Hatch from the fathers' rights group that pelted Prime Minister Tony Blair with flour-filled condoms, staged a dramatic protest on a Buckingham Palace balcony on Monday. Police talked the man down after five hours on a small ledge some 10 metres (30 feet) off the ground at Queen Elizabeth's London residence, lifting him to safety on the arm of a cherry-picker. [Reuters]
Father's rights campaigner Jason Hatch, dressed as Batman, gestures as he protests on a balcony at Buckingham Palace in London, September 13, 2004. Hatch from the fathers' rights group staged a dramatic protest on a Buckingham Palace balcony on Monday. Police, faced with their second major security breach in four months, tried in vain to talk down the protester from Queen Elizabeth's London residence. [Reuters]
Security officers standby as father's rights campaigner Jason Hatch (R), dressed as Batman, protests on a balcony at Buckingham Palace in London, September 13, 2004. A father's rights campaigner evaded tight security on Monday to protest on the balcony at Buckingham Palace, a spokesman for Queen Elizabeth said. It was the latest in a long line of stunts by the group, who say Britain's courts are biased against fathers in divorce case child access arrangements. [Reuters]
Father's rights campaigner Jason Hatch, dressed as Batman, gestures as he protests on a balcony at Buckingham Palace in London, September 13, 2004. Hatch from the fathers' rights group staged a dramatic protest on a Buckingham Palace balcony on Monday. Police, faced with their second major security breach in four months, tried in vain to talk down the protester from Queen Elizabeth's London residence. [Reuters]
Father's rights campaigner Jason Hatch (C) dressed as Batman, is lowered in a cherry picker to a waiting police van after ending his protest on a balcony at Buckingham Palace in London, September 13, 2004. Hatch from the fathers' rights group that pelted Prime Minister Tony Blair with flour-filled condoms, staged a dramatic protest on a Buckingham Palace balcony on Monday. Police talked the man down after five hours on a small ledge some 10 metres (30 feet) off the ground at Queen Elizabeth's London residence. [Reuters]

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