King Charles protest to feature 15-ft dinosaur as anti-royalists say monarch is 'out of time'

The puppet is said to symbolise the “antiquated monarchy”, which the anti-royalist group describes as a “relic of a bygone age and a fossil that belongs in the museum.”

The fully mobile Tyrannosaurus rex will wear a golden crown and also has his own social media page on X – @ChuckTheRex - albeit, with just 37 followers.

Republic said: “Unlike Charles, Chuck knows he’s out of place and out of time.

“He wants to get out and about and have a roaring time highlighting the need for a modern, democratic alternative to the monarchy.”

Chuck will make his public debut on March 10 at the Commonwealth Day service in Westminster Abbey.

The annual celebratory event is a key moment in the royal calendar as King Charles, 76, is head of the Commonwealth.

King Charles missed the service last year while he temporarily stepped back from public life after being diagnosed with cancer.

In addition to the UK, the King is sovereign of 14 Commonwealth realms.

The Commonwealth is a voluntary association of 56 independent nations, almost all of which were formerly under the British Empire.

Barbados, a former Commonwealth nation, became a republic in 2021 with King Charles overseeing the transition ceremony.

Several other realms including Jamaica, the Bahamas, Antigua and Barbuda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines have expressed interest in becoming republics.

Graham Smith, chief executive of Republic which campaigns for an elected head of state, said: “There is growing opposition to the royals, and growing disinterest in them.

“There is also lasting residual anger at their profiteering from charities and public services. The Duchies are not their private property, those profits should be going back to local communities.

“It’s no wonder that while support is falling in the UK, Commonwealth citizens are increasingly looking to ditch the monarchy.”

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He added: “This is why we’re protesting Commonwealth Day on March 10 – to challenge the monarchy here in the UK, and support Commonwealth nations becoming republics.

“Britain is not a nation of royalists. These continuing protests will keep pushing that message and will embolden a growing movement.”

However, according to a recent YouGov poll, 62 per cent of the British population support the Royal Family.

In addition, after King Charles's first year as monarch, a generous 59 per cent of people thought he had done a good job.