Carlos III was again received with eggs during a tour of Northern England

British police said on Tuesday they arrested a man 20 years after him throw an egg towards the king Charles III while visiting the town of Luton, north London.

The man was “arrested for questioning” for assault, Bedfordshire Police told the agency. AFP extension.

The British monarch, 74, was temporarily removed from the crowd who was waiting to greet him in St George’s Square in Luton for his security services, although he continued to shake hands and speak to citizens shortly after, local media reported.

Charles III had traveled to Luton to meet with town officials and local charities and to visit a new Sikh temple.

This Tuesday was not the first episode of the monarch with a protest involving eggs towards his figure.

In early November, a 23-year-old had already been arrested in York, in the north of England, after throwing several eggs in the direction of the new monarchwithout reaching him, while shaking hands with his admirers in the city center with his wife Camila.

“This country was built on the blood of slaves”, he would have shouted before being stopped by several policemen, at a time when the country is increasingly confronting its past as a slave and colonialist.

That student, who called himself a climate activist, was released hours after the incident on the condition that he remain at least 500 meters away from the head of state.

Documentary or declaration of war?

Meanwhile, the British monarchy awaits with apprehension and boredom Thursday’s premiere of a series on Harry and Megan whose first excerpts already reignited the quarrels between the Dukes of Sussex and the rest of the royal family.

“No one knows the whole story. We know the whole story”intones the prince coldly in a trailer released by Netflix, in which he announces the premiere of the first part of the documentary, simply titled “Harry & Meghan”.

Three months after the death of Elizabeth II, the series threatens to cast a stark light on divisions within the royal family, which the couple left in 2020 in part over alleged harassment from the British tabloid press.

The marriage in 2018 between the youngest son of the current King Carlos III and a mestizo American actress was therefore seen as a sbreath of fresh air for an aging monarchy.

But then “everything changed,” describes the couple in the clip, who denounce a “hierarchy in the family” and “a war against Meghan”.

Enrique can also be heard denouncing the “leaks” and complaining “the pain and suffering of the women who espouse this institution”on images of his mother, Diana, who was killed in a car accident in 1997 while being chased by paparazzi. “I didn’t want history to repeat itself” he claims.

At Buckingham Palace they are “tired” of Enrique and Meghan

Contacted by AFP extension, Buckingham Palace has not commented. but royal house sources quoted by the Daily Mail newspaper said this weekend that Carlos III and Queen Consort Camila are already “a bit tired” from constant attacks

Others warn the revelations could “be worse than the royals expect.” “It will be explosive”a Netflix source told The Mirror newspaper.

Settling in California, Enrique and Meghan already gave a shocking interview on American television last year, in which they accused an anonymous member of the royal family of worrying about the skin color their future children would have.

“We are not a racist family at all”, Guillermo had to defend himself.

Since then, the break has taken place between the two brothers, who together with their wives were known in their day as the “fantastic four”.

After the death of Elizabeth II in September, the four made an effort and paid their respects together in public at Windsor—but without speaking.

Netflix already released a first promotional clip last week, to coincide with William and Catherine’s first trip to the United States as Princes of Wales, which was supposed to give the British crown a glamorous youthful glow from across the Atlantic.

The elegant black and white photo montage of Harry and Meghan coincided with a racist controversy starring a godmother of Guillermowho had to step down as bridesmaid after making hurtful comments to a black guest at Buckingham Palace.

“Sabotage”, “Declaration of War”, “Enrique, why do you hate your family so much?”then headlined the tabloids, who always preferred Guillermo and Catalina, considered the perfect couple with an impeccable sense of duty, over Enrique and Meghan, to whom they compare the “Kardashians” for making money by airing their personal lives to the rooftops.

Since they left the royal family, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have signed lucrative contracts -estimated at over 100 million dollars- with Netflix and Spotify. Enrique will also publish his memoirs in January in a book called “Spare” (alternative).

Denouncing the couple’s “obsessive self-pity” and “blatant contempt” for the royal family, The Sun newspaper said they should be stripped of all their titles.

Even the British don’t have much affection for them.. They are the least popular members of the royal family after Prince Andrew – accused of sexual assault – while William and Catherine have 81% and 75% favorable opinions respectively, according to a recent YouGov poll.

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