- King Charles did not give an Extinction Rebellion activist, identified as Patrick Thelwell, the satisfaction of a reaction on Wednesday, completely ignoring the eggs that sailed past him and Queen Consort Camilla Parker-Bowles during their visit to York.
- Instead, after briefly looking down to see what had happened, he simply stepped over the cracked eggs — which landed on the pavement near his feet — and continued to greet onlookers.
- Thelwell reportedly shouted at the royals as he threw the eggs, saying, “This country was built on the blood of slaves.”
