Environment Carlos III, the ecological King
Climate activists from the group calling itself
Just Stop Oil
stamped two
chocolate cakes on the face of the wax figure of King Charles III
at the famous
Madame Tussauds
museum in London, as part of a series of actions carried out since the beginning of the month to
demand the cessation of oil and gas prospecting.
Two members of the group, who had bought their tickets, each smashed a chocolate cake into the face of the wax statue of the ecologist king, Just Stop Oil said in a statement while sharing the protest action on networks.
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During the action, one of the activists echoed the words of a speech given at the end of 2019 by Charles, then Prince of Wales, in which he stressed that the young people of his grandchildren's generation
"demand immediate action, not just words".
"The science is clear. The demand is clear: stop new oil and gas projects. This is nonsense," activists
Eilidh McFadden
, 20, and
Tom Johnson
, 29, said in a statement.
The environmental entity shared
the action in a video on its social networks
, accompanied by some tweets in which they
denounce the English monarch for "having abandoned his plans to attend and give a speech" in person at the next UN COP27
, which will take place
It will be held from November 6 to 18 in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt.
When contacted by Afp, the London museum did not immediately respond.
The
Just Stop Oil
group launched a series of daily actions and blockades in London in early October, including
throwing soup at Van Gogh's
Sunflowers
at the National Gallery
and spraying paint at an Aston Martin dealership.
On Sunday, activists from the environmental group Last Generation
threw mashed potatoes at Monet's
Les Meules
at a museum in Potsdam
, Germany.
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