King’s portrait vandalised by animal rights activists

Animal rights protestors have ‘redecorated’ a portrait of the King with the face of the Aardman character Wallace from Wallace and Gromit.

At 13:00 Tuesday, Animal Rising shared a video on X (formerly known as Twitter) of campaigners covering the King’s face with Wallace’s and adding a speech bubble on the painting.

The speech bubble reads: “No cheese, Gromit. Look at all this cruelty on RSPCA farms!”

The activists say they’re committed to ‘exposing the lies and cruelty’ of animal welfare charity, the RSPCA.

The group claims to have ‘investigated 45 RSPCA Assured farms and found factory farming and severe animal cruelty on every single one’.

The painting by Jonathan Yeo - the first official portrait of the King since his coronation - was unveiled less than a month ago, on May 14th.

At the time of the incident it was on display at the Philip Mould Gallery in London.

Animal Rising describes itself online as a ‘non-violent, people-powered organisation working towards a sustainable future where humanity shares a positive relationship with animals and nature’.

The RSPCA and the Philip Mould Gallery have been approached for comment and Buckingham Palace has refused to issue a response.

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