A lone protester was arrested by police today after throwing eggs at King Charles and the Queen Consort during a walkabout in York.
The yob was bundled to the ground by four police officers while screaming ‘this country was built on the blood of slaves’. Meanwhile, onlookers who had gathered to see the royals shouted ‘God save the King’ and ‘shame on you’.
Footage shows the eggs flying past His Majesty and breaking on the ground beside him as he was being greeted by city leaders. The King briefly looked around to see the eggs on the ground, but otherwise barely reacted.
While officers were carrying the man into a waiting police van, Charles continued with a traditional ceremony, which sees the sovereign officially welcomed to the city of York by the Lord Mayor.
It was last carried out by his mother, the Queen, in 2012. Following the egging, Charles and Camilla appeared unfazed as they continued their walkabout and greeted some of the crowds.
The couple were in York to attend the unveiling of a statue of Queen Elizabeth II, the first to be installed since her death, as part of a brief tour of Yorkshire.
King Charles and the Queen Consort were being welcomed to York by city leaders when the man threw three eggs at them, all of which missed (this image shows one of the eggs on the ground)
The protester shouted ‘this country was built on the blood of slaves’ before he was carried away by police into a waiting van
As police were detaining the man, Charles continued with a traditional ceremony which sees the sovereign officially welcomed to the city of York by the Lord Mayor
Police move into the crowd to grab the man after he was spotted throwing eggs today on Micklegate Bar in York
Officers hold the man on the ground following today’s incident, which took place as the King was being welcomed by city leaders
The man is put into a police van by officers before being taken away from the scene
A broken egg on the ground on Micklegate Bar in York, where Charles and Camilla were doing their walkabout