Alyson Lee and Di Bligh are alleged to have covered Charles Darwin's grave with orange paint.

The naturalist's ledger stone in Westminster Abbey was daubed with orange chalk paint on Monday.

Two climate activists are in police custody for spraying chalk paint on the Westminster Abbey grave.

Louise Ferguson was invited because of her years of volunteering at Boughey Gardens tennis club.

The recently-widowed Lady Gabriella helped select music for the event and was said to have been excited to take part after a difficult year.

The tomb is the subject of a new book by author and RAF veteran John Nichol.

Tablet installed in Westminster Abbey in 1939 now has diaereses above the writers' surnames.

The condition of the stone on the West Towers is checked every year by a specialist team.