British police said on Tuesday they had arrested a 20-year-old man after an egg was thrown at King Charles III who was traveling in the north London town of Luton.
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Bedfordshire Police told AFP the man had been “arrested for questioning” on charges of “assault”.
Charles III was in Luton to meet with city officials and charities and to visit a new Sikh temple.
Earlier in November, a 23-year-old man was arrested in York, in northern England, after he threw eggs at the new sovereign while walking in the city center and shaking hands, accompanied by his wife Camilla.
“This country was built on the blood of slaves,” he would have shouted before being arrested by several police officers at a time when the country is increasingly confronted with its slave and colonial past. The suspect was later released on bail.
Last week, the royal family faced new controversy after what were deemed racist remarks made by a relative of former Queen Elizabeth II to a black feminist activist during a reception at Buckingham Palace.