The British monarch, King Charles III and his wife, Queen Consort Camilla narrowly escaped being hit with eggs during a visit to Northern England on Wednesday.
The monarch and Camilla were targeted with three eggs which landed near them during a walkabout in York, before they were ushered away by minders.
A man was heard shouting “this country was built on the blood of slaves” and “not my king” before he was detained by several police officers as the incident occurred.
According to reports the protester booed the royal couple before he threw the eggs at them.
The crowd at the historic Micklegate Bar location, for the visit started chanting; “God save the King” and “shame on you” at the protester.
Charles and Camilla continued with a traditional ceremony to officially welcome the sovereign to the city of York by the Lord Mayor as police detained the suspected perpetrator.
The monarch and his wife were in the historic city, to attend the unveiling of a statue of Charles’s mother Queen Elizabeth II, the first to be installed since her death on September 8.