Graffiti appearing to carry an anti-monarchy message has appeared near a school along the Bristol and Bath Railway Path. Hundreds of children returning to school and nursery after the King’s Coronation bank holiday weekend were greeted with the words: ‘Eat the rich, end kings’.
The message was seen yesterday morning at the Whitehall entrance to the busy cycle path, on a zebra crossing in close proximity to Whitehall Primary School and The Limes Nursery. It is used daily by many children and parents as well as cyclists, and the graffiti remained in place this morning (Wednesday).
It comes just days after the coronation of King Charles III, which prompted some protests across the UK, including in Bristol. It's not the first time provocative anti-royalist graffiti has appeared in Bristol - back in 2020, graffiti in St Judes about Prince Andrew made national headlines and was swiftly removed by the council. The wording became the title of a song released during the Queen’s Jubilee celebrations two years later.
