A mortified mum has been accused of not respecting King Charles and 'ruining' her street's coronation party after forgetting to move her car.
Neighbours even took revenge on Aleksandra Kieloch's car by smothering it in bunting and placing a traffic cone on top.
She says letters from residents 'banning' cars from her road in Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, on Sunday slipped her mind when she left for a weekend away.
Angry neighbours contacted the 42-year-old and partner Matt Naylor on Saturday night and upon revealing they couldn't move the vehicle in time for the party as they were away from home, were branded 'inconsiderate'.
The following day neighbours sent them a photo of her Nissan Micra with a traffic cone on its roof, bunting wrapped around it and a cardboard cutout of King Charles stood next to it.
Other images posted to social media show a Lancashire Police PCSO posing in front of the decorated vehicle while another has a 'road closed' sign standing in front of its bonnet.
Apologetic Aleksandra has since revealed she was 'annoyed' and 'upset' by the 'silly' stunt and insists she only forgot to move the car because of a sleepless night with her one-year-old.
Matt, who lives with Aleksandra and their two children, says he found it 'hilarious' residents claimed she'd 'ruined' the party by leaving her three-door car on the 'mile-long' street.
The IT company owner posted an image of the car on a 46,000-follower-strong Facebook page he runs and his angry neighbours' actions have split opinion.
Some described them as 'pathetic' while others said the mum 'got off lightly' and should 'respect the community's celebrations'.
Aleksandra, from Czestochowa, Poland, said: "I was upset at first. I thought it was a bit silly. I was annoyed because they didn't need to do that.
"I'd had a bad night with the baby and I forgot. It's strange that they would close the road anyway. After a while I got over it."
The mum-of-two left the family home on Thursday to join Matt in Torquay, Devon, where he'd been working away that week.
They returned home on Monday to find the decorations and traffic cone had been removed from Aleksandra's car.
Matt, 41, claims the stunt has 'backfired' given the number of comments slamming his neighbours' actions.
Matt said: "We apologised but they said it was ruining the party. It's a mile-long street. I found it hilarious.
"One of the neighbours messaged on Saturday and we realised there was nothing we could do. Then on Sunday morning people were telling us we were inconsiderate.
"Aleksandra was worried she'd upset them but time's a great healer and it all became light-hearted.
"In the end the majority of the neighbours took it well but there were some sour faces about it.
"They told me they were going to post it on social media so I said I'd beat them to it and put it on mine.
"They were all up in arms about it but it backfired on them royally. The scorn from the neighbours turned into sympathy from the locals on Facebook."
Matt's post, written sarcastically in a news article style, has more than 1,300 likes and more than 800 comments.
Matt's post said: "[Our] coronation street party almost ruined after car left in street by an absent-minded resident who went on an unexpected trip.
"The rule was 'all cars must be off the street by Sunday', however the residents of [our] Street decided to make the most of the situation to decorate the resident's car in coronation merchandise."
One said: "What right has anyone got to insist that we all join in and then to touch someone else's property?"
One replied: "As a community we can all come together by sometimes celebrating differently. Respect the fact that the community is celebrating. Thanks."
Another said: "How pathetic. I know who is more in the wrong. If the car is taxed they have every right to park there.
"However it doesn't give people the authority to touch someone else's property as for almost ruining a party really?"
Another agreed and said: "If I was going away for a week and not taking the car I wouldn't move my car for the whole week for the sake of some poxy little party on the Sunday either."
However, one argued: "However busy her week was there's no excuse for not moving the car, she got away with it lightly in my opinion."
A third said: "The rule was all cars must be off the street by Sunday, but they pay their tax and insurance. They can park on the road whenever they want to!"
Another joked: "At least the car joined in with the coronation, I think it looks quite good."
