The Crown actor Khalid Abdalla has said he has been summoned to attend a “formal interview” by the Metropolitan police in connection with a pro-Palestine protest. Abdalla, who played Dodi Fayed in the Netflix series based on the royal family, said on social media he had received the letter in relation to a Palestine Solidarity Campaign protest on 18 January.

“It remains to be seen if this will result in charges,” he wrote on Instagram. Abdalla, who has also starred in films including United 93, The Kite Runner and The Day of the Jackal, said: “The right to protest is under attack in this country and it requires us all to defend it. “While there is an alarming rise in attempts to censor voices that stand up for Palestine, even as it faces open calls for ethnic cleansing, it will not work.”