A man who threw eggs at King Charles and the Queen Consort during their walkabout in York on Wednesday has been identified as Patrick Thelwell. 

Britain’s King and Queen Consort were greeting the civic party at Micklegate Bar when the incident took place. The monarch continued shaking hands with a member of the public as the eggs flew in his direction. 

King Charles and his wife Camilla were in York to unveil a statue of Queen Elizabeth II, the first to be installed since her death.

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Four police officers wrestled the 23-year-old to the ground. Thelwell shouted: “This country was built on the blood of slaves.”

North Yorkshire Police confirmed that the man was arrested on suspicion of a public order offense.

Who is Patrick Thelwell?

Patrick Thelwell is an Extinction Rebellion activist who stood as a Green Party candidate for York City Council. The International Relations student at the University of York was arrested on at least five occasions for various climate campaigns, according to Metro UK.

At the age of 19, he was a candidate for Hull Road and was arrested at the time as part of an Extinction Rebellion protest blocking Waterloo Bridge in London in April 2019.

In 2015, he campaigned to oust Tory MP Esther McVey from her seat in Merseyside.

In a biography section of his website, he writes: “It took until my second year of university to truly make the link between the social values that I was so passionate about, and the overwhelming threat of climate breakdown.

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“It is the world’s poorest and most vulnerable who will be systemically killed by rising sea levels, heat waves, drought, extreme weather events, food shortages and the collapse of global infrastructure.”