A statue of Queen Victoria has been defaced with red paint just hours before King Charles and Queen Camilla will go on a meet and greet with the public in Sydney.
A number of police were seen outside the Queen Victoria Building in the city’s CBD after red paint was thrown across the base of the statue in an apparent protest against the royals.
Charles and Camilla are set to do a meet and greet with the public about 4.20pm Tuesday at the forecourt of Sydney Opera House, a few blocks away from the defaced statute.
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On Tuesday, Sunrise newsreader Edwina Bartholomew spoke about the incident.
“Nobody has been caught as yet but as you can imagine that area has a lot of CCTV so they will be combing through that to find who did this overnight.
“It comes hours before the King and Queen visit the Opera House just down the road.”