Joining the crowd of people who were waving Union Jack flags, a group of protesters held distinctive yellow placards with the message “Not my king.”
While on a walkabout north of London in the city of Milton Keynes, King Charles III came face to face with a group of anti-monarchy activists on Thursday.

Joining the crowd of people who were waving Union Jack flags, a group of protesters held distinctive yellow placards with the message “Not my king.”
The group “Republic,” which advocates for an elected British president and an end to the monarchy, organized the demonstration.

The Milton Keynes Citizen, a local newspaper, reported that Charles “ignored the small banner-waving group” of around twenty protesters.

On Twitter, Republic leader Graham Smith wrote: I inquired as to Charles’ justification for wasting money on the coronation. He was unwilling to respond.

He added, “We’re determined to convey that it is permissible to protest against the royals.”

The death of Elizabeth II in September has raised concerns about the future of the royal family under Charles and his queen consort Camilla, as the family has been rocked by criticism from Prince Harry and Meghan Markle and sex crime allegations against Prince Andrew. Republic has announced that it will hold a protest at the coronation on May 6.

A number of anti-royal protesters have been arrested for holding solo pickets since the queen’s death due to stricter protest laws.

Charles was at a church reception to commemorate Milton Keynes’s incorporation as a city as part of Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations.

He also went to a food pantry.