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York egg thrower going to London for anti-royal coronation protest

Thu 4 May 2023 @ 7:00am - News
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Patrick Thelwell outside York Magistrates' Court after his court case. Photograph: Owen Humphreys / PA wire

The man convicted of throwing eggs at the King in York is going to London to join anti-royal protests.

Patrick Thelwell says he expects to be arrested.

The student, 23, from Heslington, was convicted of threatening behaviour at York Magistrates’ Court last month after throwing at least five eggs at the King and Queen Consort at Micklegate Bar on 9 November.

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After his arrest, he shouted “‘F*** the King” and “the King is a paedophile”.

He was sentenced to a 12-month community order with 100 hours of unpaid work and ordered to pay £600 in court costs.

Mr Thelwell has pledged to continue his anti-monarchy protests at the coronation on Saturday.

He claims on social media that “counter terrorism department had been seeking an injunction from the courts to stop me going to London for the coronation.

“And the judge said no, because I have a human right to protest, and he’s already given me my punishment.

Republic campaigners hold up ‘Not My King’ signs as the King came to York Minster for the Maundy service last month. Photograph: Owen Humphreys / PA wire

“So I will be going on 6 May to Trafalgar Square to protest against the monarchy, and I’m expecting to be arrested.”

He advised anti-monarchists to “get there early because the place is going to be absolutely heaving with the kind of rabid monarchist who queued for eight days straight so that they could look at the Queen’s corpse in a box.

“Bring signs that say not my king, Republic where a lot of yellow so look out for people in yellow. Definitely don’t bring any eggs.”

Police promise ‘swift action’

Police officers have a friendly chat with royal fan Faith Nicholson, who is camping out on The Mall, near Buckingham Palace, ahead of the coronation. Photograph: Jonathan Brady / PA wire

Protesters who try to disrupt the coronation can expect “very swift action” from police who will have “an extremely low threshold” when dealing with them, a senior officer has said.

A massive security and policing operation is under way that will see 11,500 police officers on duty on Saturday and 10,000 military personnel taking part in the ceremony.

Metropolitan Police Deputy Assistant Commissioner Ade Adelekan said: “We’ve debriefed our plans after that incident just to make sure there are no gaps and we’re absolutely confident that we’ve got a plan that will deliver the coronation in such a manner that everyone will come to London and celebrate and there will be no issues whatsoever.”

Asked about how officers will deal with protesters, he said: “Our priority is around safety and security for everyone that’s going to come to this event, and we want to make sure that everyone enjoys it.

“We have an extremely low threshold for anybody or anything that will disrupt this event and what you will see is very swift action from us.”

New laws to curb protests came into force on Wednesday ahead of Saturday’s ceremony but Security minister Tom Tugendhat said the celebrations will “showcase our liberty and our democracy”.

Under the new Public Order Act, protesters who block roads will face up to 12 months behind bars.

An official letter warning of the new powers was sent to anti-monarchy group Republic, which said its campaign around the coronation will proceed as planned.

Republic boss Graham Smith said it is “very odd” the letter came from the Home Office and described it as “intimidatory”.

He said there are plans for 1,700 people to protest in Trafalgar Square on Saturday.

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