Wallace and Gromit image pasted over king’s portrait by

Two Animal Rising supporters cover monarch’s face with Wallace character in protest against RSPCA-assured farms

Animal rights activists have pasted a picture of the stop-motion cartoon character Wallace, from Wallace and Gromit, over the new portrait of King Charles, in a protest highlighting alleged cruelty at RSPCA-accredited farms.

Two supporters of the group Animal Rising entered the Philip Mould gallery in central London after midday on Tuesday and carried out what they described as a “comedic redecoration” of the portrait with apparently self-adhesive posters pressed into place with paint rollers.