This Tuesday, a group of activists vandalized the first official portrait of King Charles III. The work of art was exhibited in the Philip Mold gallerylocated in the center of London, United Kingdom.
According to CNN, those responsible for the incident were members of the group “Animal Rising”who covered the face of the British monarch with the head of the character “Wallace”, from the popular animated series Wallace and Gromit.
The animal rights organization shared on its social networks a video of the moment in which the controversial portrait of the European sovereign was vandalized. In the record, two activists are seen using rollers to paste the posters on the expensive paint.
In addition to the face of the animated character on the head of King Charles III, the protesters posted a second poster of a text balloon with the phrase: “No cheese, Gromit, look at all this cruelty on RSCPA farms.”.
The intervention of the animal rights group sought to make visible the mistreatment that animals receive in the nearly 45 farms certified by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSCPA), ensuring that said entity covers up “cruelty on an industrial scale”.
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It is worth mentioning that Buckingham Palace presented the first official portrait of Charles III in mid-May, a work made by the famous British artist Jonathan Yeo.
In the painting, the king was captured with the red uniform of the Welsh Guardshighlighting his passion for nature with the inclusion of a butterfly in the work.
The painting, which measures 2.6 meters by 2 meters, was commissioned by the British royal house in 2020 to commemorate its anniversary in the British textile guild. The portrait was going to be exhibited in the London gallery until June 15.
After its presentation to the public, the work caught the attention of users on social networks, who criticized the dramatic red motif that covers almost the entire painting.
