FourJust Stop Oil activists have been arrested after throwing chocolate cake into the face of King Charles’s wax figure in Madame Tussauds on Monday morning.
Two eco-warriors were filmed shouting “The time for words has moved to the time for action” before splatting the model of the new King at the central London tourist attraction.
One helpless member of Madame Tussauds staff appears to yell “Stop!” as the activists remove their tourist disguises to reveal Just Stop Oil T-shirts and step over the red rope.
The pair take turns pushing a creamy chocolate cake into the waxwork’s face as the lone security guard holds up a walkie-talkie and can be heard saying: “Sorry can you get someone to help me please?”
Nearby figures of Camilla, William and Kate were spared in the cake ambush.
Scotland Yard said: “We responded quickly to an incident at Madame Tussauds after two people threw food at a statue at approximately 10.50hrs.
“They have both been arrested for criminal damage.”
They added later: “Four people have been arrested for criminal damage related to this incident.”
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Just Stop Oil identified the pair as Eilidh McFadden, a 20-year-old from Glasgow and Tom Johnson, 29, a painter decorator from Sunderland.
It came after Just Stop Oil activists threw thrown tomato soup over Vincent van Gogh’s iconic Sunflowers, blocked off Abbey Road’s iconic zebra crossing and scaled the Queen Elizabeth II bridge causing carnage in their protests demanding the government stop all new oil and gas licences.
The environmentalist group claimed the protest took place in retaliation for King Charles III reportedly abandoning plans to deliver a speech at Cop 27, on the advice of then Prime Minister Liz Truss.
The group said: “The science is clear. The demand is simple: just stop new oil and gas. It’s a piece of cake.”
Such has been the disruption this month, that Transport for London won a court order to restrict the ability of protesters causing chaos by getting greater powers to act.
