King Charles official portrait vandalised by animal rights activists

Animal Rising zealots have vandalised the new portrait of King Charles at the Philip Mould gallery in London. 

At around 12pm two campaigners stuck Wallace and Gromit posters attacking the RSPCA over the face of his Majesty.

One poster was of Wallace’s face and the other was a speech bubble which read: ‘No Cheese, Gromit. Look At All This Cruelty On RSPCA Farms!’

At around 12pm two campaigners stuck Wallace and Gromit posters attacking the RSPCA over the face of his Majesty

Animal Rising zealots have vandalised the new portrait of King Charles at the Philip Mould gallery in London

Daniel Juniper one of those involved said: ‘With King Charles being such a big fan of Wallace and Gromit, we couldn’t think of a better way to draw his attention to the horrific scenes on RSPCA Assured farms.

‘Even though we hope this is amusing to His Majesty, we also call on him to seriously reconsider if he wants to be associated with the awful suffering across farms being endorsed by the RSPCA.

‘Charles has made it clear he is sensitive to the suffering of animals in UK farms; now is the perfect time for him to step up and call on the RSPCA to drop the Assured Scheme and tell the truth about animal farming.’

The action is an attempt by the group to raise awareness for their recent investigation into 45 RSPCA Assured farms.

The painting, by the renowned artist Jonathan Yeo, was commissioned in 2020 to celebrate the then-Prince of Wales’s 50 years as a member of The Drapers’ Company.

It depicts His Majesty wearing the uniform of the Welsh Guards, of which he was made Regimental Colonel in 1975.

Yeo spoke of a butterfly on the portrait echoing Charles’s ‘metamorphosis’ from Prince to King during the process – and the monarch joked that it was nice to know he was a chrysalis. But it was also a reflection of his lifelong commitment to the environment.