King Charles beheaded three times in attacks on knitted display
King Charles has been beheaded three in attacks on knitted displays in a Nottinghamshire village.
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King Charles has been beheaded three times in attacks on knitted displays in a Nottinghamshire village.
The King was first decapitated on a postbox topper in Ruddington ahead of his Coronation.
The postbox topper was repaired but has since been vandalised again, with the monarch's head being removed for a second time.
A separate topper depicting the Buckingham Palace balcony scene has also been attacked, with Charles beheaded once more.
The postbox topper was repaired but has since been vandalised again, with the monarch's head being removed for a second time.
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One of the volunteers, who did not want to be named, said regarding the attacks: "All three incidents were a clean cut, no tugging or pulling, so planned rather than mindless vandalism.
"If you are anti-royal then please find a way to protest about that in your own way.
"Your actions here have just destroyed a talented craft person's work.
"Find another way to make your point."
Alex Preston, who runs The Bottle Top store, described the vandalism as "heartbreaking".
Preston told the BBC: "I have contributed, not to this one, but to some of the displays that they've done in the past, and they take so much work and so much organisation."
She added: "The ladies that do it, they try so hard to bring the community together, and it's such a massive effort.
King Charles and Queen Camilla were crowned on May 6 2023
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"I think the royals in particular are a controversial subject so the only thing I can think of is it's something like that."
The craze of decorating the red mail boxes has boomed in the last couple of years, with knitted works often inspired by a theme, season or event.
To celebrate the historic moment in British history, hundreds of postboxes were decorated with many having a royal theme.
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