King Charles Escapes Being Hit With Eggs By Protesters
King Charles III and his wife Queen Consort Camilla narrowly escaped being hit with eggs thrown at them while at a visit to northern England on Wednesday, British media footage revealed.
The monarch, 73 and Camilla, 75, appeared to be targeted with three eggs which landed beside them during a walkabout in York, before they were ushered away by minders.
A man was heard screaming, “this country was built on the blood of slaves” and “not my king” before he was detained by several police officers as the incident happened, the footage showed.
According to reporters, the protester also booed the royal couple before he appeared to throw the eggs at them.
Others in the crowds that had gathered at the historic Micklegate Bar location for the visit chanted “God save the King” and “shame on you” at the protester.
Charles and Camilla kept on with a traditional ceremony to officially welcome the sovereign to the city of York by the lord mayor as police detained the suspected perpetrator.
They were in the city to attend the unveiling of a statue of Charles’s mother Queen Elizabeth II, the first to be installed since her death on September 8.
