The Proms has found itself once again at the centre of a Brexit row. Remain campaigners have been admonished for "disrupting” the event after being ordered to remove several large EU flags they had draped over the barrier separating the audience from the orchestra at the Royal Albert Hall.

But they defiantly insist they will once again attempt to transform the Last Night of the Proms, one of the most patriotic events in the classical music calendar, into a sea of EU flags.

Much like last year, Remainers plan to hand out thousands of blue EU flags to concert goers preparing to sing along to Rule, Britannia! and Land Of Hope And Glory at the event, which this year features mezzo-soprano Christine Rice and Finnish conductor Sakari Oramo.

Anti-Brexit campaigner Peter Cook, a Kent-based business consultant, told the Evening Standard: "Traditionally there is flagwaving at the last night and I don't see why we should do any different. We may have lost the vote but I think we have to keep the issue on the table and the flags do that.