Dame Vivienne Westwood joined Julian Assange's partner and two young children today to celebrate the Australian activist's 50th birthday as he remains behind bars.
The fashion designer, 80, was seen wearing a T-shirt reading 'I fought the law' as she joined Assange's supporters in Parliament Square on Saturday.
The event featured a giant picnic blanket stencilled with a Free Assange slogan, while Assange's partner Stella Morris and their two sons, Gabriel, four, and Max, two, cut the cake.
It is the third birthday which the WikiLeaks founder has spent behind the bars of London's Belmarsh Prison as he awaits possible extradition to the US for releasing confidential military records.
Dame Vivienne Westwood (pictured) joined Julian Assange's partner and two young children today to celebrate the Australian activist's 50th birthday as he remains behind bars
The event featured a giant picnic blanket stencilled with a Free Assange slogan, while Assange's partner Stella Morris and their two sons (pictured), aged four and two, cut the cake
Dame Vivienne didn't shy away from tucking into the birthday cake and was seen grinning as she had frosting and pieces of the cake smeared all over her face.
The fashion designer is one of a number of Assange's high-profile supporters who have thrown their weight behind the campaign to free him.
An attempt to extradite Assange to the United States was rejected in January, but he continues to be held in prison pending an appeal.
Earlier this week, campaigners sailed past Parliament and the US Embassy earlier this week calling for his release.
His partner Ms Morris said that the US case had 'sunk', adding there is growing support across the world for the WikiLeaks founder to be released.
She said: 'The longer this goes on the clearer it is that this is a political case. Julian should be at home with me and our two children.
The fashion designer (pictured), 80, was seen wearing a T-shirt reading 'I fought the law' as she joined Assange's supporters in Parliament Square on Saturday
It is the third birthday which the WikiLeaks founder (pictured in 2017) has spent behind the bars as he awaits possible extradition to the US for releasing confidential military records
'This has gone on far too long - it has to stop. He is not a criminal.'
Ms Morris has asked the authorities in Belmarsh if the couple can get married, saying it should be a right for anyone.
She hopes Assange will be granted permission to get married outside the prison.
'We will celebrate his birthday and have cake,' she added.
Mr Assange started a secret relationship with South African lawyer Stella Morris, 38, while confined to the Ecuadorian embassy, fathering two sons, Gabriel, four, and Max, two, while claiming political asylum to avoid deportation.
The pair got engaged in 2016, and Ms Moris revealed they want to get married as soon as possible rather than waiting for the legal proceedings to go on any
