Monitoring Desk
ISLAMABAD/LONDON: A 23-year-old university student in the United Kingdom (UK) has been charged with a public order offense for allegedly throwing eggs at King Charles-III and Camilla, the Queen Consort, during their visit to York.
Patrick Thelwell, who studies at the University of York, will appear at York Magistrates’ Court on January 20 following the egg-throwing incident on November 9.
Nick Price, head of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) Special Crime and Counter Terrorism Division, authorized North Yorkshire police to charge Thelwell with “a threatening behavior contrary to Section 4 of the Public Order Act 1986”.
The CPS added that Thelwell had the right to a fair trial.
King Charles’s egg-throwing incident
A video on social media showed four eggs being hurled at the British monarch and his wife as they arrived for the traditional ceremony in York on November 9.
The 73-year-old king and the 75-year-old queen narrowly avoided being hit by the eggs, which landed close to them during a walkabout in York.
The monarch couple was escorted away by minders immediately after the incident. Police detained Thelwell, a 23-year-old student and activist, who was heard shouting, “this country was built on the blood of slaves” and “not my king,” before being restrained by authorities as the crowd jeered him and chanted ‘God save the king’ and “shame on you.” Reportedly, the protestor also booed the royal couple before hurling the eggs at them.
