Three headless statues of the king in an English village

In this village known for its knitted ornaments, three statues of Charles III were beheaded. Vandalism that local volunteers attribute to anti-property activists.

Anti-monarchy protests are growing in the UK. Three knitted statues of King Charles III have been beheaded in the northern English village of Rodington, a court has revealed BBC.

According to our colleagues across the Channel, a proto-effigy was decapitated before the king’s coronation in this village known for its small knitted or crocheted figures placed on window sills or on mailboxes. While the king’s head was being sewn on, two new effigies were sewn on.

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The Society’s volunteers responsible for these decorations are clear: the accidents were premeditated because the heads were clearly torn off.

One told the BBC: “If you are anti-monarchy, please find a way to protest this in your own way. Your actions here have ruined the work of a talented craftsman.”

Alex Preston, a local merchant, lamented the “heartbreaking” actions, unprecedented in the village. “The ladies who are doing this, they’re trying really hard to bring the community together, and it’s a huge effort,” he said.

The anecdotal event comes at a time when controversy has swelled in the UK following the arrest of six anti-monarchy Republican members as they traveled to Trafalgar Square to demonstrate in the King’s Walk on the day of his coronation – which many saw as premeditated.

Then the local police expressed “regret” about the case. The British Prime Minister had estimated that it “would not be right” to “interfere with the operational decisions” of the London police, who had acted “independently”.