King Charles III Waxwork Caked By Climate Activists At Madame Tussauds Museum
Cakes have layers. And so do fossil-fuel protesters, who have graduated from gluing themselves to paintings to… caking the King.
According to CNN, four people were arrested for criminal damage after smearing a waxwork of King Charles with chocolate cake at the Madame Tussauds museum in London.
In a video posted by the organization, two individuals can be seen removing black tops to reveal a white ‘Just Stop Oil’ T-shirt underneath, urging others in the museum it is “time for action” after covering the life-like figure’s face with dessert.
The duo demanded the UK government halt “all new oil and gas licenses and consents.” The stunt was part of a series of ongoing protests throughout Europe against the use of fossil fuels in a bid to combat climate change.
🎂 BREAKING: JUST STOP OIL CAKES THE KING 🎂
— Just Stop Oil âš–ï¸ðŸ’€ðŸ›¢ (@JustStop_Oil) October 24, 2022
👑 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
“No nation, no region and no population will be inured from the impacts of food, water and energy insecurity, and the resulting economic and political insecurity that arise from our seeming utter determination quite literally to test this planet to destruction,” they said in a statement.
Elsewhere, a different pair of protestors threw mashed potatoes at Claude Monet’s famed Haystacks painting at the Barberini Museum in Potsdam, Germany, issuing a challenge: “What is more valuable, art or life?”
Fortunately, a spokesperson for the museum said the artwork had been protected by a glass frame and was not damaged in the incident.
By the looks of things, it wouldn’t be far-fetched to say these art-related protests are likely to continue, with Just Stop Oil promising to be fighting for change “every day and anywhere.”
[via CNN and The Guardian, cover image via Just Stop Oil]
