Climate Protesters Had Planned to Take King Charles III’s Wax Figure Hostage
King Charles III reacts after an egg was thrown his direction as he arrived for a ceremony at Micklegate Bar in York
InternationalIndiaAfricaMary ManleyThe climate change activists had smashed a cake into the face of the waxwork figure in October. The stunt at Madame Tussauds in London prevented the museum from being able to admit customers for almost an hour. The 20-year-old and 29-year-old are now being charged with a combined £3,500 in compensation. Climate change activists for “Just Stop Oil” recently admitted they considered alternative protest strategies back in October, when they slammed a vegan chocolate cake topped with shaving foam into the face of King Charles III’s wax figure at Madame Tussauds in London. Eilidh McFadden, 20, and Tom Johnson, 29, were found guilty on Tuesday of criminal damage in the incident.Both denied criminal damage, but Johnsons and McFadden admitted they considered other actions to protest climate change like kidnapping the wax figure, or using the wax figure to present the real King Charles III’s “own words” regarding climate change. The British king has been vocal about environmental issues in the past, but since coming into his role as monarch he is unable to make comments on political policies.