King Charles portrait vandalised with cartoon images by animal rights activists
- The British monarch’s head was covered with the face of animated character Wallace, accompanied by a ‘No cheese, Gromit’ speech bubble
Animal rights activists on Tuesday targeted the first official portrait of Britain’s King Charles since he became monarch, pasting a large image of the well-known animated character Wallace over his face, in a protest about welfare on farms.
Footage from campaign group Animal Rising showed two of its supporters approach the portrait in London’s Philip Mould gallery, and overlay the king’s face with a big cartoon image of Wallace from the Wallace and Gromit animated comedy franchise.
They also pasted a large speech bubble, saying: “No cheese, Gromit. Look at all this cruelty on RSPCA farms!”
The aim of the supporters’ actions, Animal Rising said, was to highlight cruelty on farms granted “Assured” status, a guarantee of higher welfare standards, by the RSPCA animal charity, of which Charles is the patron.
The RSPCA was not impressed.