Harry May, a 21-year-old British man, was fined £100 (about 112 euros) on Friday, plus payment of a further £85 (95 euros) to meet court costs, for throwing eggs at King Charles III in December.
A London court has charged May, who has pleaded guilty, with a public order offense during Charles III’s Dec. 6 visit to the southern English town of Bedfordshire when he threw eggs at him as he left Luton Town Hall.
The monarch was shaking hands with a cheering crowd who came to greet him despite the cold weather, when the eggs flew over the area. None of them hit their target. Charles III was taken away from the place, but continued to be entertained by his British subjects.
The security services managed to arrest May as soon as he threw the first egg, although he had more in his pocket and intended to throw them, as he admitted when he was searched.
During his arrest, May justified the throwing by the «bad taste» that Charles III had shown by going to a «poor and disadvantaged area» and therefore wanted to «make it clear», Sky News reports.
May’s lawyer, Alex Benn, has stressed to the court that he is a young man who «cares deeply about his community» but «deeply regrets» what he did. In that line, Judge Paul Goldspring reminded him that the way to resolve differences with someone is not by throwing «projectiles».
This is the second time the new British monarch has faced such a situation, after in November, a 23-year-old student was arrested after throwing eggs at him and Queen Camilla when they visited the city of York to unveil a statue in honor of the late Queen Elizabeth II.
Source: (EUROPA PRESS)
