PROTESTORS campaigning against King Charles’ arrival were blocked from view as the monarch arrived.
The king visited Alloa for a look at Clackmannanshire, the first time the head of the Royal Family has visited the Wee County in nearly 30 years.
Hundreds of spectators lined the streets in front of The Gate Charity, where he was due to arrive, to get a look at the king.
However, further down Tullibody Road, a group of protestors stood chanting against his arrival, describing the visit as a ‘publicity stunt.’
Anti-monarchy campaign group Salvo arrived in Alloa to speak out against the king’s arrival.
Sarah, director of Salvo, said: “How much has this stunt cost, the helicopters, the police, council arrangements, how much do you think that might have cost?
“I have no clue. But let me tell you, most of the food banks in Scotland are struggling nd that’s in a country where we shouldn’t be having food banks at all with the wealth that’s sloshing around.
“People shouldn’t be going to food banks.
“They are a symbol and an expression of total desperation and this publicity stunt for an English monarch.”
The Advertiser previously reported that one man had been arrested in the hours leading up to the king’s arrival.
Police Scotland confirmed that a 52-year-old man was apprehended by cops for breach of the peach, taken away at around 10.05am.
In response, organisers of the visit parked a truck in front of the protestors, to block them from the king’s view as he was driven up Tullibody Road.
Later on in the afternoon, jeers of ‘not my king’ and ‘end London rule’ were drowned out by the scheduled bagpiper, who serenaded King Charles as he left The Gate Charity.
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