Charles III

Environmentalists continue to highlight Tory government plans to grant new fossil fuel drilling licences.

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Activists are carrying out action every day this month in call to end new oil and gas licenses.

Others [sprayed orange paint over Harrods](https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/just-stop-oil-harrods-knightsbridge-b2206710.html) and glued themselves to the tarmac outside. [Terms of use,](https://www.independent.co.uk/service/user-policies-a6184151.html) [Cookie policy](https://www.independent.co.uk/service/cookie-policy-a6184186.html) and [Privacy notice.](https://www.independent.co.uk/service/privacy-policy-a6184181.html) Just Stop Oil is a piece of cake.” [Privacy policy](https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en) and [Terms of service](https://policies.google.com/terms?hl=en) apply. [arrested for blocking traffic on Abbey Road](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/abbey-road-north-london-police-metropolitan-police-b2208885.html) in London, as well as [a key junction near Holborn station](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/london-just-stop-oil-one-holborn-police-b2207754.html). [shut down a key Thames crossing](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/just-stop-oil-dartford-crossing-protest-over-b2205423.html), [blocked roads](https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/just-stop-oil-protests-london-b2201924.html) in the capital and [poured human faeces over a tribute to Sir Captain Tom Moore](https://www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/climate-activist-protest-captain-tom-b2191770.html). [Just Stop Oil has vowed to take action every day this month](https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/who-funds-just-stop-oil-b2204971.html) in a call for an end to new oil and gas licenses. [poured tomato soup over a Van Gogh masterpiece](https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/news/van-gogh-sunflowers-tomato-soup-protest-just-stop-oil-b2202765.html) behind a glass cover.

The waxwork model of King Charles III at Madame Tussaud's in London was smeared with two chocolate cakes. It seems like the cakes were store-bought, ...

Joseph Gresholtz had been aide-de-camp to General Wurmser, with whom he had served during the Seven Years' War, and was so mutilated with wounds that his forehead was laid bare, and his lower jaw having been shot away, its place had to be supplied by a silver plate. Madame Tussaud, though educated as a professional artist, was for several years the companion of the unfortunate Elizabeth, sister to Louis XVI. Tussaud said she was then employed to make death masks and whole-body casts of the revolution's famous victims, including Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette, Princesse de Lamballe, Marat, and Robespierre.

Protesters from the climate campaign group Just Stop Oil have splatted chocolate cake on Madame Tussauds' waxwork of King Charles III, in their latest stunt ...

The demand is simple: just stop new oil and gas. \u201cI support @JustStop_Oil \n\nHumankind faces an existential crisis and action is needed right now by governments and fossil fuel companies \n\nSome people don\u2019t like their tactics. [a statement](https://twitter.com/MadameTussauds/status/1584508505242804224?s=20&t=M5tUrYrO35N2gs2jXIvJ3Q), Madame Tussauds London said: “At approximately 10:50 am today, protesters entered the ‘World Stage’ Zone at Madame Tussauds London and appeared to throw what is believed to be cake at our figures of the Royal Family. [added](https://twitter.com/MetPoliceEvents/status/1584491086063763456?s=20&t=M5tUrYrO35N2gs2jXIvJ3Q): “We responded quickly to an incident at Madame Tussauds after two people threw food at a statue at approximately 10:50hrs. – demanding to know why I didn’t do anything to prevent them being bequeathed a poisoned and destroyed planet. [lobbed tomato soup at Vincent Van Gogh’s ‘Sunflowers’ painting](https://www.indy100.com/news/just-stop-oil-soup-explaination) (again, the painting was not harmed) and [blocked the Dartford Bridge](https://www.indy100.com/news/just-stop-oil-protest-groups). But what is the alternative?\u201d— Tom London (@Tom London) [the monarch will not attend](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/charles-cop27-liz-truss-prime-minister-egypt-b2190750.html). [threw mashed potato at a painting](https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/climate-protester-mashed-potatoes-monet-b2208864.html) by the artist Claude Monet. [protesters blocked the iconic Abbey Road crossing](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/abbey-road-north-london-police-metropolitan-police-b2208885.html) – made famous by The Beatles – on Sunday. \u201c\ud83c\udf82 BREAKING: JUST STOP OIL CAKES THE KING \ud83c\udf82\n\n\ud83d\udc51 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.\n\n#FreeLouis #FreeJosh #A22Network\u201d— Just Stop Oil \u2696\ufe0f\ud83d\udc80\ud83d\udee2 (@Just Stop Oil \u2696\ufe0f\ud83d\udc80\ud83d\udee2) [proceeded to smash cake](https://twitter.com/JustStop_Oil/status/1584491199771316225?s=20&t=5CVJBEloS4BTfNECv6C_jg) in the face of King Charles III (the waxwork, that is) before quoting remarks made by the monarch about climate change in New Zealand, back in 2019.

They have blocked roads around parliament and government departments, demanding Britain halts all new oil and gas projects. Allied groups in other countries ...

October 24th, 2022 October 2nd, 2022 [Just Stop Oil](/storiesByEntityId/6259d7bee0590a39f5618651/Just Stop Oil) group covered a waxwork model of [King Charles III](/storiesByEntityId/631c90e3587204e78d7197c6/King Charles III) with chocolate cake on Monday (October 24).