King Charles not egged

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King Charles niftly dodges eggs in Yorkshire

www.mirror.co.uk/news/royals/breaking-man-thrown-floor-police-28446635

Not the Guardian having a picture of the egg mid air. 😀

See, when you give the ok for the press to slag off members of your own family, you are fine with people wishing they would be thrown off the balcony etc. , I'm afraid it's open season.

And talking of throwing people off balconies....................

Karma came around pretty fast, I would say.

What are these balcony references?

I thought Charles was incredibly composed. It's not ok to attack a man of his age in this way. I thought the thrower (a Green Party candidate??) came across as unhinged.

Can only assume the one mentioning the balcony is a Meghan lover.

Absolutely unacceptable to try and egg anyone who is going about their business.

The lad who threw the eggs should lose his uni place in my opinion.

Love the pic with the undercover cop in his flat cap and leather jacket

Wait, chap got arrested for throwing an egg that didn't make contact?

Funny how my house has been terrorised for years by well-known local scrotes, throwing eggs, other food stuffs and for the last few years fireworks, yet the West Yorkshire police can't do a single thing...

Exactly @Fuuuuuckit

Was he egged or not ?
So the intention was enough?
Thought police next

They need to tread very carefully here .

Why? It's a public order offence. The eggs were thrown, he just had poor aim.

Read below

Public order for Charles but not for the rest of us ?

I think you probably could be arrested for throwing eggs at a PERSON but actually you know what, he is the King and yes it is different. Whether you like it or not.

Really? 'He's the king ' - that's the start and end of your argument.

That is the problem

People were arrested for holding a sign saying ' not my king'
An academic was arrested for shouting ' who elected him?' at one of those ridiculous 'proclamations'

Protestor Craig Evans wasn’t charged with anything when he threw an egg at Jon Prescott - and it actually hit him.

Mind you that decision might have had more to do with the fact that it would be difficult to avoid then also avoid taking action against Jon Prescott too, who immediately punched the protestor in the face. 😀

I am surprised it’s controversial that action will be taken to dissuade members of the public from lobbing missiles at public figures, but apparently here we are.

To the poster up thread yes of course intent is enough to be prosecuted! Someone has the intent to murder me but the bullet misses, I’d want them arresting!

Oooo now if KCIII had actually turned around and punched the egg thrower in the face, that would have been a much more exciting story!!

I'd forgotten about that! Makes me feel quite nostalgic

When Tony Blair was asked about it didn't he say something like, "Well, you know, John's John."? Nowadays the BBC would have a month-long witter if an MP threw a punch during an election canvas.😀

An egg or eggs were thrown at the late Queen once - was it in NZ?

I don't approve of anyone throwing anything at anyone.
Although I did smile at the photo of the guardian of the egg in midair . AND Charlie had been visiting an egg factory a few days before . Foreshadowing worthy of The Crown !

However - people can boo , shout , call Andrew a sick old man, hold up signs saying ' not my king ' ' abolish the monarchy ' shout 'who elected him ' re Charles etc

They will continue to do so in increasing numbers

What are these balcony references?

Eamon said H&M should be thrown over the balcony if they appeared during the balcony.

Karma decided to pay him a visit and throw him down some stairs or something?

Ofcourse the DM will whip up some hate on Green Party/Eco protestors. How old is this Harry Potter kid anyway? 19? 😅

Foreshadowing worthy of The Crown !

It was some foreshadowing, right 😂

Was he egged or not ?
So the intention was enough?
Thought police next

Yes, intention is enough. That has been the case for centuries. Nothing to do with “thought police”.

There are two components of an offence - the act, and the intention to commit it. Generally, you need both to be found guilty.

So if you are carrying a gun and you intentionally shoot it at someone, you will be guilty of murder. The act here = firing the gun, and the intention = meaning to shoot at the person.

The same analysis is true if you intend to shoot at the person and miss, or you only wound them. You intended to fire the gun, and intended to shoot the person. But because you didn’t actually kill them, it will be attempted murder rather than murder.

If the gun discharges by accident and kills someone, you are not guilty of murder because you committed the necessary act act but lacked the necessary intention. You will probably be guilty of manslaughter for carelessly killing someone, though.

If you just have the gun, and think about shooting the person but do nothing - you are not guilty of anything (that’s your “thought crime” example).

In this case the protester clearly intended to throw something at Charles and did throw something at Charles. So clearly they have both elements needed to have committed a crime. (The fact that the egg didn’t contact him is irrelevant in this example, because the offence doesn’t require it)

People will continue to protest against the monarchy .

The heavy handedness with which peaceful protesters were treated during the mournathon was very questionable .

This is an area which needs careful handling in a so called democracy

Of course they will Novella. And they have every right to, if they are peaceful.

As for the poster upthread who suggested that they Royals are reaping what they sow for encouraging the press to be critical of other family members, they must not be aware that Charles has been shot at by a protester long before anyone had ever heard of Meghan. So had the Queen, or course. She had eggs thrown at her too. So I don’t think correlation is causation here.

I think protesting will increase

A little old lady is harder to shout at than a succession ( lol) of men as far as the eye can see ( in the worst case scenario )

What a waste of an egg, in these trying times. They are hard to get hold of round here!