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    King Charles first official portrait is vandalised by animal rights activists: Two Animal Rising protesters cover monarch's face with Wallace and Gromit image and stick on speech bubble message about 'cruelty on RSPCA farms'
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    King Charles first official portrait is vandalised by animal rights activists: Two Animal Rising protesters cover monarch’s face with Wallace and Gromit image and stick on speech bubble message about ‘cruelty on RSPCA farms’


    King Charles first official portrait is vandalised by animal rights activists: Two Animal Rising protesters cover monarch’s face with Wallace and Gromit image and stick on speech bubble message about ‘cruelty on RSPCA farms’

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13517609/Ed-Riley-Toby-Meyjes-Eleanor-Blake-Dan-Sales-king-charles-portrait-vandalised-philip-mould-gallery-london-animal-rising.html

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    1. Ecstatic-Cookie2423 on

      for once not the climate protesters, makes sense since charles cares for the environment, dont see why they targeted him in particular but that painting could be a target

    2. itsjustchat on

      I don’t know a single person who is in support of this sort of protest.

      Outside of social media where the fanatics make the most noise. Normal people do not support these sorts of protests in my experience. Everyone is tired of it.

      Edit: I’ve been informed they didn’t damage the painting at all. I misunderstood the use of the word vandalism.

      I think this is clearly different to intentionally damaging art or public property. I’ll leave the comment up for clarity. Thank you for correcting me.

    3. imminentmailing463 on

      Thank god they didn’t throw red paint over it, they might have really ruined it.

    4. _Rookwood_ on

      Have musuems and galleries just accepted this is the new normal for their venues?

    5. Putrid-Location6396 on

      I’m sick to death of random acts of thuggery being called “protest” and judges giving nothingy sentences for them. Minimum sentencing needs to be increased.

      Now, that said, I totally agree with their “cause”. It’s an absolute disgrace what the RSPCA signs off on and it’s even more disgusting that it only exists to rubber stamp unnecessary cruelty committed in the name of putting food on the table.

    7. Farewell-Farewell on

      Soon, courtesy of all these vandals, everything is going to be behind reinforced glass and fencing. It does matter that art, statues and all that is accessible and visible.

    11. Various_Dragonfruit2 on

      WHYD THEYD HAVE TO DRAG POOR WALLACE INTO IT JUST LET HIM CONTINUE FANTASIZING ABOUT EATING HIS MOON CHEESE HE DOESNT NEED THIS. WALLACE LOVEESSSSSSS CHEESE SO IDK WHY THEY EVEN CHOSE HIM FOR AN ANIMAL RIGHTS PROTEST

    12. Zerttretttttt on

      What most people don’t realise is, this is their second go at it, first time they threw red paint all over it

    13. Crensay on

      Isn’t King Charles really progressive about environmental issues? Moreso than the government in many ways?

    14. RubDue9412 on

      Animal rights protesters make me laugh, on the one hand they want rights for animals on the other they have no respect for people or property.

    16. eugene20 on

      Oh well, I guess he better get a new one from an artist that doesn’t for some reason try to paint him as Vigo the Carpathian.

    17. Groffulon on

      Probably do the picture a favour. It’s awful work. I don’t know why but all I think when I see it is spag bol. And now I want spag bol every time.

    18. mitchanium on

      It’s a shame, the Vigo the Carpathian look was a good look for that Charles portrait.

    19. im_at_work_today on

      Bit strange to target this considering he’s one of the few people who cares and has spent decades talking about the very thing they are protesting. 

    21. I_ALWAYS_UPVOTE_CATS on

      >cover monarch’s face with Wallace and Gromit image and stick on speech bubble

      Hardly vandalism is it? Daily Mail headline writers working overtime

    22. 360Saturn on

      I don’t inherently have an issue with protests but I don’t understand why so many of the recent ones have been so *boring* and not directly relevant. Feels like they are picking cause & action out of the hat each time.

      Looking forward to the upcoming [deflate Jeremy Clarkson’s tyres] in order to [raise awareness of an owl sanctuary] /s

    23. No-Ice6949 on

      Have Aardman commented?
      They might not want to be associated with this.
      Or…

      Either way, I’m sick of these ‘protests’.

    24. seeksadvic3 on

      Jesus what a shit-show this thread is. More people outraged by a rich old man’s painting than they are by the way farmed animals are treated.

    25. HopeBoySavesTheWorld on

      These have to be anti-activist plants imo, climate activism is one of those topics with no easy way to do “correctly” but this kind of events just feels to me outrage-baiting and drama-farming