British Royal News says that he didn’t order scrambled eggs for breakfast. UK police said they had arrested a 20-year-old man on suspicion of common assault, after an egg was allegedly thrown towards King Charles III on Tuesday during a walkabout. The arrest in Luton, north of London, came less than a month after the monarch narrowly avoided being hit by eggs lobbed in his direction during a visit to York in northern England. Here’s what you need to know.
Charles, 74, was in Luton to meet community leaders and voluntary organizations, open a new Sikh temple and visit a new public transport system. Bedfordshire Police said the man arrested was detained outside Luton Town Hall and taken for questioning.
Man Arrested After Throwing Eggs At King Charles III
Back in November, eggs were thrown at Charles and Queen Consort Camilla by a man heard shouting “this country was built on the blood of slaves” and “not my king.” The suspect was later released on bail.
As many royal fans know by now, Charles became king on the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, in September. She was buried after a state funeral and 10 days of national mourning. But there were some protests against the hereditary principle of monarchy, in which Charles took over as head of state.
Buckingham Palace last week faced fresh allegations of racism, after a senior courtier quit for repeatedly asking a black British charity worker where she was “really” from. King Charles III moved rapidly to evict Lady Susan Hussey from the royal household after her comments were made. When Hussey started to quiz her about her origins, the UK-born Fulani said she tried to give the 83-year-old courtier the benefit of the doubt. “But it soon dawned on me very quickly that this was nothing to do with her capacity to understand,” the charity campaigner, who works with survivors of domestic abuse, told BBC radio last week.
Hussey repeatedly asked Fulani where she was “really” from, refusing to accept her explanation that she was British. “But this is her trying to make me really denounce my British citizenship,” Fulani said, as many other Britons of color shared similarly demeaning experiences on social and traditional media.
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