Good heavens. Protestors are back to their old tricks and now it’s the King’s first official royal portrait that has ended up in the firing line. The all-new painting has been defaced by animal rights group ‘Animal Rising’, which today decided to vandalise the portrait — unveiled just last month by its artist Jonathon Yeo.
Claiming to have ‘redecorated’ the painting, protestors covered the monarch’s face with a cut-out image of Wallace, from cartoon show Wallace and Gromit, attaching a large speech bubble that reads: ‘No cheese Gromit! Look at all this cruelty on RSPCA farms!’
The vandals have said they want the stunt to bring attention to their long-running investigation of animal treatment in RSPCA farms, dubbed ‘the biggest exposé’ on the issue ‘in history’. Posting a video on Twitter, the animal activists write that ‘King Charles, Patron of the RSPCA, should ask them [RSPCA] to drop the Assured Scheme’ — the organisation’s farming plan that boasts of ‘stringent higher welfare standards’ for livestock. Mr S isn’t quite convinced that desecrating the King’s new portrait will get the group on his good side, however…
‼️BREAKING: No Cheese Gromit! King Charles Portrait Redecorated‼️ @RoyalFamily
‼️Find out why King Charles, Patron of the RSPCA should ask them to drop the Assured Scheme -> https://t.co/pTneW0QCWf ? pic.twitter.com/jYLHFuxtHB
— Animal Rising (@AnimalRising) June 11, 2024
