King Charles’ Face Replaced by His Favorite Cartoon in Notorious Red Portrait

LONDON—King Charles III’s first official portrait was targeted by animal rights activists on Tuesday who plastered an animation character’s face over the monarch’s head.

The group Animal Rising released a video of people using paint rollers to paste the face of Wallace from “Wallace and Gromit” onto the painting displayed at the Philip Mould Gallery in London. The stunt comes the month after Charles unveiled the striking—and highly controversial—artwork by painter Jonathan Yeo.

In a press release, Animal Rising said its action was intended to call attention to an investigation it had conducted into the “cruelty” it claimed to have uncovered on “RSPCA Assured” farms. Charles is a patron of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

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