June 06, 2013 

138 members of the global elite are meeting in Watford, England for the 61st Bilderberg Conference, with protesters from around the globe flocking the town to say ‘no’ to the rich and wealthy 'deciding the planet’s fate over coffee'.

20:14 GMT: Jon Ronson, the author, documentary filmmaker and author who once tried to infiltrate a Bilderberg meeting in Portugal, spoke with Sky News on this year's meeting in Watford.

“Obviously there’s some mythologizing around Bilderberg, because for decades they were very secretive. For a little while they pretended they didn’t exist. But they do exist, and they’re not telling us what they’re doing in there,” says Ronson.

“They always meet one time a year, at a five-star hotel with golfing facilities. And yeah, they’re really powerful people. It seems to be run by business, the idea is big business people. So this year it’s Jeff Bezos, Eric Schmidt, and over the years it’s been Heinz and Smithkline Beecham. They invite up-and-coming politicians along, with the idea that they can offer the up-and-coming politicians wise words. This is what ‘Bilderbergers’ have told me. And they’re globalists, and they feel like they want to try and spot the next presidents or prime minister,” he adds.

19:04 GMT: Local residents in the town of Watford are forced to change their daily routine due to security measures at the conference.

18:59 GMT: The lounge in the 5-star Grove hotel where the Bilderberg meeting is taking place. The hotel itself is seen behind the trees in the left of the picture. 

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18:45 GMT: The Bilderberg 2013 delegates are arriving to the secretive meeting in blacked-out cars. The protestors meet them booing and shouts of “Scum, burn in hell!” 

Protesters shout as a vehicle arrives at the drive to the venue where it is thought the 61st annual Bilderberg Meetings is taking place in Watford, north of London, on June 6, 2013 (AFP Photo / Justin Tallis)

18:25 GMT: People in Bilderberg protest zone find creative ways to show off their dissatisfaction with the actions of the global elite. 

18:14 GMT: Max Keiser's co-host, Stacy Herbert, has tweets that they have arrived in Watford.

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17:20 GMT: Every protester, who arrives at the Bilderberg protest zone, undergoes a pat-down by the employees of the G4S company, which provides security for the Conference. 

16:02 GMT: Traditionally, thousands of protesters from around the world are  flocking to the site of the Bilderberg Conference to say ‘no’ to the rich and wealthy shaping the planet's future.   

Security has been tightened around the town, with a no-fly zone enacted over the Bilderberg meeting and concrete and wire barriers surrounding the 300-acre premises of the Grove hotel. 

15:51 GMT: The Bilderberg Group, long criticized for a lack of transparency, has this time revealed some of the main topics of the upcoming meeting, with cyber warfare, US foreign policy,“developments in the Middle East” and “Africa’s challenges” expected to be on the agenda. 

15:40 GMT: RT starts live updates from the 61st Bilderberg meeting, which is taking place at the 5-star Grove hotel in the English city of Watford on June 8-9. 

The 138 members of the global elite – politicians, bank bosses, billionaires, chief executives and European royalty – get together annually to discuss the most pressing issues in global politics and economics.

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