On Wednesday, just hours after Netflix released The Crown Season 5, King Charles and Queen Camilla were doing events in York. During a walkabout with a decent-sized crowd, a young man named Patrick Thelwell managed to throw FIVE eggs at Charles before he was wrestled to the ground. Immediately after QEII passed away, I kept saying that there was some very bad staff work happening around Charles. His staffers were largely responsible for the series of pen mishaps, plus all of the shenanigans with the Sussexes. During the egg-toss, I thought of that again – it took way too long for Charles’s security to act. Sure, this week, it was just “eggs.” Next week, it could be something a lot more damaging. Guacamole, perchance. Anyway, Thelwell is a local student and someone filmed him after he was wrestled to the ground:
"I'm with all victims of slavery, colonialism, and imperialism… those eggs are the only justice those people will see… for all the people who died so that man could wear a crown."
The man arrested for throwing eggs at King Charles in York speaks out. pic.twitter.com/H3rbYyuglk
— Lowkey (@Lowkey0nline) November 9, 2022
Dude was making POINTS. Like… nothing he said was wrong. The kids are alright. Following his arrest, he made bail and the court told him that… he is not allowed to carry eggs, as a condition of his bail. You cannot make this stuff up.
A 23-year-old arrested in northern England Wednesday for allegedly throwing eggs at King Charles III and Camilla, the queen consort, has reportedly been banned from carrying eggs in public. The eggs just missed the royal couple who were in Yorkshire on a royal visit. The king and queen were walking down a street in York shaking hands with locals when the suspect, identified by the Mirror as Patrick Thelwell, 23, tossed the eggs at them. He was immediately restrained by police after the incident.
Thelwell, a self-identified climate activist, told the Mirror that, as a condition of his bail, he must stay 500 meters away from the king and isn’t allowed to carry eggs in public with the exception of grocery shopping. He called the rules “amusing.”
He also claimed the crowd shouted that he should be “murdered” and his head should be on a “spike” but that he wasn’t phased because he knows what “fascism is, what it looks like.” Charles has been an advocate of climate change awareness for decades.
“People were ripping chunks of my hair out, they were spitting at me. People lost their minds.,” he claimed. “It’s just so revealing to see when you challenge someone’s beliefs in that way, the belief of the superiority of this man’s blood. I did what I did because I don’t believe in kings. I believe in the equality of all people.”
This dude needs a bigger platform, he’s spitting facts right and left. “It’s just so revealing to see when you challenge someone’s beliefs in that way, the belief of the superiority of this man’s blood. I did what I did because I don’t believe in kings” – THE EGGS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS. So he can’t carry eggs anymore, but certainly he can carry tomatoes. Eggplants. Asparagus. Lettuce. Someone set up a GoFundMe to get this dude some groceries.
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Oh well, they’re eggspensive things anyway.
Patrick, the protester should have thrown hard boiled eggs at Charlie.
‘He called the rules “amusing.”’ He is absolutely right, on all fronts.
And he cannot carry eggs unless they’re groceries?! This IS the dumbest timeline.
I get the feeling the judge agrees with him.
That was my thought too Couch potato – judge didn’t care to punish him more than creating that silly rule, which ultimately is a reflection of the silly-ass monarchy & Chuck himself.
That man needs some paint
Or some water balloons
Let there be more eggs on Chaz and Camila- I think it will be a great eye opener when they try and pass a Law against eggs. Then we will know the days of the monarchy will be over, because having an egg allergy at this point is the kiss of death.
And BREAD ROLLS.
So, I guess, C&C better not go to any grocery openings. From now on everybody will have to show a license to carry eggs in public?
I LOVE this guy! An eggcerise in speaking up for his rights!!
The royals are living in an Onion universe. How can you ban someone from carrying eggs in public?!
It makes me imagine that there is some weird English folk festival where people carry around non-grocery eggs that this guy can’t go to now. And if he does decide to try to break the rule, can’t he just have the eggs in a carton in a grocery bag with a receipt? I can’t fathom the practical enforcement of this ban. God bless this kid. He’s a delight.
I stand with Patrick Thelwell! He’s out there doing the work & I applaud him.
Eggs are pretty small. He could put one in the interior pocket of his jacket and no one would be the wiser. Unless the Bobbies are now free to frisk him for eggs whenever he walks down the street, this is a toothless punishment. And I can’t believe I just said that because who cares if it’s toothless, it’s downright ridiculous all around. Not to mention hilarious.
When my kids were younger they would sell confetti eggs at school carnivals. Every year some of the parents would drive to San Antonio (I live in Houston), buy cartons of them cheaply at a local market and drive back with car loads of them. The kids would throw them at each other all day until the school grounds were littered with confetti. They’re light as a feather and harmless.
I’d love to see someone throw confetti eggs at the Royals. Watch the egg hit Chuck’s head and explode in a cheery haze of color. It would look quite festive.
The reaction of the pwople around him.. good lord.. that’s fascism alright. He’s absolutely right in all his points and I applaud this young man!
I’m delighted to see you believe. Thank you.
Okay, so rotten tomatoes then.
I was just going to suggest how well rotten tomatoes work! And since they’re soft, no one can get hurt.
In Greece we throw yogurt. We even have a word for it “yaourtoma” – the act of throwing yogurt.
Just handfuls of yogurts? That doesn’t seem very aerodynamic. How often do people get hit?
Sounds a bit messy. 🤔
There’s an art to yogurt-throwing and it’s all in the wrist and arm action. You hold the open yogurt container from the bottom and flick it toward the target. The yogurt is propelled out of the container and makes a satisfying splat.
@Eurydice- seriously?? You guys throw yogurt in Greece? 😂 At least it’s good for the skin!
Side note-I lived in Greece for 3 years outside Athens in Kiffisia. Greece is my favorite place in the world!
Team Egg Dude. Can he TP Clarence House? Can we get him specially printed TP to denounce colonialism, Charles’ own climate footprint and imperialism?
‘Team Egg Dude’. I need that on a T-shirt!
Lol! Australians can dust off their “Egg Boy” tshirts in support!
(RE: https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/checkpoint/audio/2018787754/egg-boy-will-connolly-on-two-years-since-fraser-anning-crack )
“It’s just so revealing to see when you challenge someone’s beliefs in that way, the belief of the superiority of this man’s blood. I did what I did because I don’t believe in kings. I believe in the equality of all people.”
Bless this man.
Patrick Thelwell is a good egg.
Patrick Thelwell’s preaching from the ground is music to my ears. God bless that angel. So young and a sound critical thinker.
He’s my hero. Alas, his GoFundMe page was taken down.
His GoFundMe was taken down!? That’s ineggcusable.
I’m stuck at and struck by this part:
“He also claimed the crowd shouted that he should be “murdered” and his head should be on a “spike” but that he wasn’t phased because he knows what “fascism is, what it looks like.”
“People were ripping chunks of my hair out, they were spitting at me. People lost their minds.”
The bended-knee brigade in Shidthole cuntry is NOT okay. Ive definitely seen an increase in their fanatacism since betty died. Its as if her 70 years on the throne had lulled them…kept them in suspended animation. Now that she’s gone they feel naked, exposed, vulnerable. And quick to lash out at anyone they perceive to be ridiculing their worship of a bunch of inbreds.
They are dangerous. When fascism comes…..
someone just said it yesterday… how the brits do love to bow and scrape.
Nathaniel Hawthorne died too soon. Think of the sequel he could have written “The Eggshell Letter,” where a young man has to wear an E on all his clothing.
I’m sorry but I’m going full on conspiracy theory here. That was a set up. No way would it take his security that long to respond. No way. During all the funeral activities they were aggressively harassing people holding signs. Even when they started holding up blank signs. A man was tackled to the ground, arrested and detained for shouting. Another man was tackled to the ground for running out in the street even though the procession had not arrived. So no way could someone throw multiple eggs with that slow a response. No way. This was a set up. Just like that woman in Ireland who harassed Kate was a set up. Just like the reporter who asked William was the family racist was a set up. Set up harassment resulting in praise for how they handled the situation.
Catherine, I think the real story here is the reaction of the crowds. That’s really telling. I believe the palace staff make sure that these die-hard monarchists are the crowd. Their response to the egg throwing and the man who shouted at Andrew is the story that needs to be told.
I wish more people were like this egg throwing dynamo. It doesn’t take long to throw 5 eggs, so I would be shocked if he was a plant. If you made sure the crowd are all loyalists, it might take a moment or two to realize what is going on.
The best thing about this? This smart young man got lots of publicity for his remarks.
I was a bit disturbed by how they had him trussed up. Was it really necessary to bound his ankles & knees as well as his wrists behind his back?
He should team up with the Scottish man who yelled at Andrew and was also arrested. Down with the monarchy.
And the egg ban? Is that even legal? And people wanting to see his head on a spike? And here I was worried about him getting hanged.
I wonder how well this is going to be kept track of/enforced.
I hope he’s a vegan. I know he’s a hero.
So, what I learned from this is to only throw food I dislike at King Charles.
Plate of liver and onions? Jellied eels? Broccoli? All food I’d happily be banned from carrying or eating. 🙂
Can honestly say I am not interested enough in KC to even make the effort.
The BRF is a constant source of (essentially) free entertainment and I am enormously grateful to them. You couldn’t make this stuff up! Banned from carrying eggs in public. Eggs! Woohoo!
😀 😀 😀
Guacamole, in Britain? Didn’t you see what they did to Mexican food in their bake-off? Some gross British thing like black pudding though maybe.
Jennifer, the answer to your question is quite simple: ban eggs from the entire British population (including Scotland, Wales, and Ireland, of course) so the nefarious young man will have no OPPORTUNITY to defy the egg ban. Remember, it’s not the intention, but the capability.
Kaiser this was excellent and super funny writing. Well done 😀