This morning, the group put locks and "No Trespassing" signs on the palace gates. Two men at the gate fronting the state Capitol, Harris Fuller and Kimo Kamakeeaina, said they were sheriffs in the Hawaiian Kingdom Government and would not let non-Hawaiians nor people who were not “citizens of the kingdom” enter. The gates had large yellow signs claiming that entering the area would be considered “Criminal Trespass” by the Hawaiian Kingdom Government.

Panakonou’e Kahau, who identified himself at the minister of interior for the group, later said the group was allowing people on the grounds.

State deputy sheriffs stood by as unarmed security guards from the protest group blocked all gates to the palace adjacent to the state Capitol. No arrests were made.

The Friends of Iolani Palace issued a statement late this morning decrying the takeover the palace.

The palace and the grounds briefly were occupied in June 2006 by a group calling itself Hui Pu.