The eggs just missed the royal couple who were in Yorkshire for a royal visit. The king and queen were walking down a street in York shaking hands with locals when the suspect, identified by the Mirror as Patrick Thelwell, 23, threw the eggs at them. He was detained by the police immediately after the incident. King Charles III AND CAMILLA pelted with eggs, protester arrested The protester arrested for allegedly throwing eggs at King Charles III has been told he cannot carry eggs in public as a condition of his bail – except when grocery shopping. (Jacob King/PA via AP) Thelwell, a self-described climate activist, told the Mirror that, as a condition of his release, he must stay 500 meters away from the king and is not allowed to carry eggs in public, except when shopping. He called the rules “fun.” He also claimed that the crowd was chanting that he should be “murdered” and his head should be “on a spike”, but that he was not phased because he knows what “fascism is, what it looks like”. Charles has been an advocate for climate change awareness for decades. CLICK HERE TO SUBSCRIBE TO THE RECREATION NEWSLETTER “People were tearing pieces out of my hair, spitting on me. People were losing their minds,” he claimed. “It’s so revealing to see when you challenge someone’s beliefs like that, the belief of the superiority of that person’s blood. King Charles and Queen Consort Camilla were greeted with eggs in York. (James Glossop/WPA POOL) “I did what I did because I don’t believe in kings. I believe in the equality of all men.” North Yorkshire Police did not identify Thelwell but said a 23-year-old man was arrested for a public order offense and was interviewed and released. The department did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment. King Charles looks up as a statue of his mother, the late Queen Elizabeth II, is unveiled. (Lindsey Parnaby/AFP) Charles and Camilla traveled to York as part of a series of UK engagements. They also paid a special visit to the city’s cathedral, York Minster, where a statue of the King’s mother, the late Queen Elizabeth II, was unveiled. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP Thelwell is due in court on December 1. Caroline Thayer of Fox News Digital contributed to this report.
