Environmental activists from the Just Stop Oil group on Monday defaced the wax figure of King Charles III at London's famous Madame Tussauds museum. This is the latest in a series of actions since the beginning of the month that demands an end to oil and gas exploration.
Two members of the group, who had bought their tickets, smashed a chocolate cake into the face of the wax statue of the king, Just Stop Oil claimed in a statement.
During the action, one of the campaigners echoed the words of a speech given in late 2019 by Charles, then Prince of Wales, stressing that the young people of his grandchildren's generation "demand immediate action, not just words". Now king, Charles has a long history of lending his voice to environmental and conservationist causes.
In a tweet, Just Stop Oil said that their actions, a few weeks ahead of COP27, are because King Charles III has reportedly abandoned plans to attend the climate conference at which he was going to deliver a speech. The decision not to attend was on the advice of former Prime Minister Liz Truss.
π BREAKING: JUST STOP OIL CAKES THE KING π
π Two supporters of Just Stop Oil have covered a Madame Tussauds waxwork model of King Charles III with chocolate cake, demanding that the Government halts all new oil and gas licences and consents.#FreeLouis #FreeJosh #A22Network pic.twitter.com/p0DJ8v3XVB β Just Stop Oil βοΈππ’ (@JustStop_Oil) October 24, 2022
"The science is clear. The demand is clear: stop new oil and gas projects. It's a piece of cake," campaigners Eilidh McFadden, 20, and Tom Johnson, 29, said in a statement.
When contacted by AFP, the museum did not comment.
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The Just Stop Oil group launched a series of daily actions and blockades in London in early October, including throwing soup on Van Gogh's "Sunflowers" at the National Gallery and spraying paint on an Aston Martin dealership.
On Sunday, activists from the environmental group Last Generation threw mashed potatoes at Monet's "Les Meules" in a museum in Potsdam, Germany.
