Thousands gathered in central London to pay tribute to ‘modern day martyr’ Charlie Kirk after he was shot dead.

Crowds waved Union flags, starred and striped banners and held wooden crucifixes aloft as they sang a rendition of Amazing Grace.

Others marched to Speakers’ Corner the ‘home of free speech and debate’ in Britain to honour Kirk’s legacy, chanting Christian slogans like ‘Christ is King’.

The event, organised by the UK arm of Mr Kirk’s pressure group Turning Point, gathered by the park’s Reformer’s Tree. Jack Ross, the CEO of Turning Point UK, told attendees that Mr Kirk was a ‘modern day martyr’ who ‘stood up against censorship and tyranny, and won’.

Mr Kirk was shot while he was addressing a rally at Utah Valley University last week.

The event was not without tension, as pol

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