Let's get all the eggs-cruciating puns out of the way before we crack on with this analysis of one King Charles III – the royal family's besmirched monarch, leading the institution Queen Elizabeth II moulded over her 70-year reign, making her the most liked member of the firm.

The future of the monarchy, Charles – who turned 74 earlier this week – ranks considerably lower than his mother. And an incident in York last week showed the double-edged curtana of the public's opinion of the royal taking over from the ever-popular queen.

Patrick Thelwell, 23, was arrested on a public order offence after he hurled three eggs at the king, narrowly missing him, before the monarch was ushered away.

"This country was built on the blood of slaves," was one comment heard in the crowds, evoking painful memories of the British royal family's colonial past, while "not my king" rippled through the kerfuffle. Others, however, yelled, "shame on you" and ever-loyal royalists chanted, "God save the King".

Charles, the embattled, has a long – and somewhat newly, no thanks to Netflix's The Crown – tarnished reputation, and it all comes back and boils down to his complicated relationship with, well, eggs.

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