A 21-year-old man pleaded guilty in a London court on Friday to throwing an egg at King Charles III on a trip to north London in December.
At Westminster Court, the prosecutor claimed that Harry Spartacus May explained his act to the arresting and questioning policemen by saying that the monarch’s visit to the “poor city” of Luton on December 6 was, according to him, “in bad taste”.
Present at the hearing, the young man with glasses and a navy blue jacket did not show any particular emotion when reading the facts with which he was charged.
Two incidents since the king’s enthronement
He is being prosecuted for disturbing public order during this visit by Carlos III, during which the sovereign met with city officials, charities and visited a new Sikh temple.
In early November, a 23-year-old man was arrested in York, northern England, after egging the new ruler as he walked and shook hands in the city center with his wife Camilla.
Charged with “threatening behaviour”, he is due to appear on January 20 in a York court.
“This country was built on the blood of slaves,” he would have shouted before being detained by several police officers, at a time when the United Kingdom is increasingly confronting its slave-owning and colonialist past. The suspect was later released on bail.
Arrived on the throne in September after the death of Elizabeth II, Carlos III is much less popular than his mother and sees the start of his reign shaken by the publication of his son Harry’s explosive memoirs. His coronation will take place on May 6.
Source: BFM TV
