Patrick Thelwell: King Charles And Queen Camilla Hit With Eggs By A Protester In York

King Charles and Queen Camilla were Wednesday hit with egges during a walkabout in York, as Police have since detained the suspect, Metro Uk reports.

According to the report from the United Kingdom, large crowds had gathered behind barriers, near the Micklegate Bar, ahead of a royal walkabout this morning.

King Charles and Queen Camilla were in the process of being welcomed to York when three eggs were hurled in their direction.
A man, named as Patrick Thelwell, was heard shouting ‘this country was built on the blood of slaves’ after booing the couple, the report said.

One egg landed on the road near to King Charles, but none directly struck the monarch.

Police officers and royal security staff rushed to the scene after the first egg was launched and, in footage from the incident, can be seen tackling a man in the crowd.

Cries of ‘shame on you’ at him and ‘God save the King’ then broke out by angry members of the crowd.

Others near the incident held Union Jack flags aloft as the scuffle ensued.
Rebecca English, Royal Editor at the Daily Mail, wrote on Twitter:

‘Major incident here in York as a lone protestor tries to throw an egg at the king screaming that the country was built on the blood of slavery.
‘He is bundled to the ground.’

The suspect was carried away in handcuffs, with his legs bound by two uniformed officers, who put him in the back of a police van.

The King appeared unfazed by the egg-throwing incident as he cracked on with a walkabout of the area.

He continued shaking hands with a member of the public as the eggs flew in his direction, pausing briefly to look at the shells cracked on the ground.

The King was in York to attend the unveiling of a statue of Queen Elizabeth II, the first to be installed since her death.

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.

It was last carried out by his mother, the Queen, in 2012.
Later in the morning, the King has unveiled the statue.

Speaking at a ceremony at York Minster following the egg incident, Charles said: ‘The late Queen was always vigilant for the welfare of her people during her life.

‘Now her image will watch over what will become Queen Elizabeth Square for centuries to come.’

The 2m sculpture weighing 1.1 tonnes and made from lepine limestone from France was designed to celebrate the late Queen’s platinum jubilee and was completed in August, the month before her death.