A man has been detained by police after appearing to throw eggs at the King and Queen Consort.
King Charles III and his Queen Consort, Camilla, were doing a walkabout at Micklegate Bar, in York, when a protestor decided to try and attack them. The detainee was said to have tried to throw eggs at the royals before screaming at them.
Royal editor for the Daily Mail, Rebecca English, posted a clip of the incident on Twitter. It showed police rush to tackle the man to the ground as he continued to shout.
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She wrote: "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. People screaming ‘shame on you’ at him and ‘god save the king’."
The King and Queen Consort were being welcomed to York by city leaders when a protester threw three eggs at them, all of which missed before the pair were ushered away. The man was heard to shout "this country was built on the blood of slaves" as he was being detained by around four police officers.
Other people in the crowd started chanting "God save the King" and "shame on you" at the protester as police quickly arrested him. Several police officers at Micklegate Bar were seen restraining the suspect on the ground behind temporary fencing set up in the city for the King's visit on Wednesday.
Charles and Camilla are visiting Yorkshire to carry out a number of engagements on Wednesday. They were in York to attend the unveiling of a statue of Queen Elizabeth II, the first to be installed since her death.
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