King saved by egg thrower’s rotten aim

It was, someone said later, a waste of an egg. Or, to be precise, four eggs. The King and Queen were targeted yesterday by a lone protester who threw eggs at them as they were greeted by thousands of people in York. The protester, who was arrested, shouted ‘‘this country was built on the blood of slaves’’ after hurling eggs from among the crowd as the royal couple arrived at Micklegate Bar, the historic entrance to the city for the sovereign. The message was rather scrambled, however, as the eggs all missed.