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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Laura Elston

Anti-monarchy protesters to bring out 15ft Chuck the Rex dinosaur mascot

Chuck the Rex – Republic’s new dinosaur protest puppet (Rikki Blue/Republic/PA) -

Anti-monarchy campaigners are to demonstrate at the Commonwealth Day service in London next month – with a new 15ft dinosaur mascot called Chuck the Rex.

Republic’s prehistoric protest puppet is said to symbolise the “antiquated monarchy”, which the group describes as a “relic of a bygone age and a fossil that belongs in the museum”.

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