Cenotaph Yob is son of Pink Floyd star - the Sun

Charlie Gilmour swung to a wild Union Jack on the Cenotaph then joked during student protests - he did it while high on LSD.

Gilmour, 21, joined the demo against higher tuition fees, although his father has a ?78million from his Pink Floyd days.

Later he suggested that he was high on mind-altering drugs when he climbed onto the Cenotaph, the most important war memorial in UK's.

A friend wrote on Gilmour's Facebook page: "this is climbing the flag, yes?"

Gilmour replied: "No." Not me. Someone else.

"Who was it was obvious to acid and did not know what the f * he did and how much of a massive f * ing backlash would..."

The PAL wrote "My error" - to which Gilmour replied: "my big f * ing error."

Another pal said: "If a person does not go there by the rise in tuition fees, be affected it is Charlie - loaded his father."

"He was already a bit of a rebel, it is no surprise that he is in the protests, but I think he used things too far now."

Gilmour's mum Polly Samson, tweeted after Monday's student into a riot Demo: "son in a mess after day protests." Zerschlagen and bleeding with crashed phone. Not make much sense. "Am afraid."

Photos show significantly long-haired Gilmour climb the Cenotaph in Central London.

Parents angry yesterday evening said were "ashamed" her son and "gave a Earful".

Gilmour - history studied at the University of Cambridge - a grovelling apology issued but incredibly claimed he was not clear that he was insulting memory of Britain's war dead.

He said in a statement: "I would like to express my deepest apologies for the terrible insult to the thousands of people who bravely for our country died, my actions represented."

"I feel nothing but shame." My intention was not to attack or the Cenotaph unclean.

"Running with a lot of people that only by the police was violently pushed had, I got caught up in the spirit of the moment."

"I feel deeply ashamed about, protest is yesterday was trying to send my moment of idiocy so much from the message got distracted." I didn't know that it the Cenotaph and if I had, I certainly haven't been what I did.

"Those who remembered by the Cenotaph died, the very freedoms to protect to protest the people of Britain the right that and I feel deeply ashamed to have though unintentionally and unknowingly, remembering you offended."

"Ignorance is the poorest of excuses, but I'm sincerely sorry."

Privileged Gilmour - who was also involved in protests in Cambridge ?9, 000 a term lancing College, before he went to University - last month when he tore a hat by a policeman head, as a group of students of the University stormed Senate House was filmed.

The police said last night that is held on suspicion of criminal damage to the incident Cenotaph was a 19 year old man.

It is understood more arrests could be made because the police investigation, and Gilmour could face prosecution for disturbing public order.

Cambridge University chiefs disciplinary action against him impossible, if he is charged.

Earlier this year Gilmour was interviewed for a dating feature in Cambridge student newspaper Varsity, and said his topics of conversation were: "Fate, destiny, curses, bad Gypsies, LSD."

The adopted son of guitarist Gilmour, famous born Gilmour - authors Polly Samson and Heathcote Williams - for songs like "comfortably numb".

Set of David, 64 2003 - received the CBE last night the Sun said: "he is thoroughly ashamed."

Mrs. Polly, 48, added: "we are deeply ashamed of him and he is even deeply ashamed."

"He was swept along with the quantity and he saw a flag and it started out swinging." One of the things that he is ashamed now is that he doesn't recognize it, was the Cenotaph.

"We are still not give him a Earful, that he needs it, because he already so ashamed he can barely is speak." "I am so as he is ashamed of it, of its own."

Mr Williams, his biological father said: "he is a 21-year-old and his own person and it is his decision what he's doing."

«But I would describe my son as a hooligan. «»»«I'm just glad that he ever been no breach.»

Pink Floyd sang famous another brick in the wall "We no training into your 1979 need" smash are taken.

The Group's work includes tributes to Britain's war dead after band member Roger waters lost soldier during the second world war with the father.

On the mobile route when the Tigers broke free waters tells a letter, as he of condolence from the Government found. The song ends with his angry cry: "And that's how high command took my father from me."

The cover of Pink Floyd's album the final cut has a poppy seed and four war medal tapes.

c.Grant@the-Sun.co.UK

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