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

That is extremely questionable historically but there is no point in arguing on this thread

Indeed. If anyone’s interested, here’s a chronology.

www.reuters.com/article/uk-slavery-idUSL1561464920070322

Another interesting and little known fact - Brazil, with the assistance of Portugal, imported more slaves from Africa than any other nation in the world. Neither country took action against it until the 1850s.

To me it is quite obvious that the idiot he did this thing should be arrested and charged. Whether we are monarchist or republican, the King represents the state - ie our nation - and we do not want him being made at target for eggs or something more serious or sinister. We have had two MPs assassinated by lunatics and certainly do not want it to happen to a head of state whether he is a king or a president. Some people need to get a life and realise the seriousness of these things. Public figures need to be protected for all our sakes otherwise we descend into anarchy.

Why was it an odd choice? I think this is a strange thing to say.

Well, given the geography and Charles direct descent, a protest against the Harrying of the North and demand for reparations would arguably make more sense.

Apparently the protestor has now been banned from 'carrying eggs in public' as part.of his bail conditions.

As I understand it, he was protesting against the wealth of the country being built on slavery. Presumably Charles was targeted as a prime beneficiary of the wealth of centuries.

I have no problem with people protesting against the Royal Family, but I would only support peaceful protest - not the use of missiles.

Exactly, protest all you like, but you can’t go round throwing things at people. It’s a massive security risk.

As an aside, how are they going to enforce hun not carrying eggs about? What if he gets stopped coming home from the weekly shop? He can buy everything but eggs, he must get them delivered?!?

What ?

Even your own attached article states that other countries like Denmark (and Vermont in the US) abolished slavery before the UK.

RTÉ say:

"He is also not allowed to possess any eggs in public, which he claimed to have had amended so he could go grocery shopping."

www.rte.ie/news/world/2022/1110/1335410-king-charles-egging/

With the shortage of eggs at the moment, he'll be lucky if he finds any at the supermarket!

Just because it’s entertaining, @notanotheroneagain

You said:

Then, when that cause was clearly lost, we then came around to 'abolish slavery', exactly like the white knights we thing we are.

The chronology shows:

• one country and one US state abolished slavery before the UK.
• 13 countries abolished slavery after the UK, the latest being some 80 years after the first British Act.

(not to mention the fact that the United Sates of America was torn apart and fought a bloody Civil War in the 1960s because the states who seceded from the union in order to protect their right to have a slave based economy hadn’t yet clocked that was a cause that was clearly lost, as you assert had been clear 50 years earlier)

Your comment is ridiculous.

*1860s, obviously for the US Civil War!

Just proves that journalists alter the facts of history to suit themselves. Read re liable historians.

The royals and slavery are intertwined . They continue to benefit from riches gained via slavery

www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/world/2015/jul/12/british-history-slavery-buried-scale-revealed

Don't be so quick to pat the British establishment on the back and condemn Brazil @Serenster
It's a bit more complicated than you think

blogs.lse.ac.uk/latamcaribbean/2020/07/01/human-collateral-british-bankings-long-neglected-connection-with-slavery-in-brazil/

I didn’t think that’s what I was doing, Novella, but yes you are quite right. Slavery was a key pillar of many of the developed and developing world’s economies in the 200 years from the mid 17th to late 19th centuries, and so many many financial institutions of the time would have been involved in the trade, one way or another. Not just in Britain, either. Ships had to be financed, insured, traders funded to buy the slaves, industries funded to acquire them. Slaves for often used as collateral for trade loans too. It’s an extraordinary and horrifying history.

Most of these were family businesses at the time though, and most no longer exist. Some exist in legacy form in modern institutions, though.

The royals were central to the setting up of the slave trade and they continue to benefit from the resultant wealth
'Reflection' just won't cut it .

www.google.com/amp/s/theconversation.com/amp/five-ways-the-monarchy-has-benefited-from-colonialism-and-slavery-179911

I'm with you on that.

But in all fairness, i'm surprised anyone can afford to throw eggs....

He’s been not egged again, this time in Luton

news.sky.com/story/man-arrested-after-egg-thrown-towards-king-charles-on-luton-visit-12762829

He does not seem very popular.

An interesting conclusion based on three or four individuals choosing to publicly protest out of the many thousands who have flocked to his engagements since September, antelopevalley. Logical fallacy at its finest, in fact.

Also, the protestor is an Extinction Rebellion activist. Given their clear aims of making a public stir he was just as likely to be motivated yted by the publicity he’d get for throwing an egg than actually being anti the King…

I thought there was a shortage of eggs ???

And the price of them - what a waste.
Plenty of dog turds nearby that could have been used for free.

There is a shortage of eggs at the moment! Arrest him for food waste