Climate protesters smear cake on King’s waxwork model at Madame Tussauds

Environmental activists have thrown chocolate cake on the face of the King’s waxwork at Madame Tussauds in central London.

Eilidh McFadden, 20, and Tom Johnson, 29, are being investigated on suspicion of criminal damage after they stepped over the barrier and appeared to smear cake on the model, which is valued at £220,000. It can take artists four months to create a Madame Tussauds figure.

The protesters had bought tickets to the attraction and hid their white Just Stop Oil T-shirts under black tops.

“The science is clear. The demand is simple: just stop new oil and gas. It’s a piece of cake,” the protesters were heard to shout.

Just Stop Oil, which is campaigning for the government to halt new fossil-fuel licences, was