Climate activists paint over portrait of King in Scottish museum

Two activists from This Is Rigged painted over a portrait of The King on Wednesday at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery on Wednesday (This Is Rigged/PA)

Climate activists from This Is Rigged have spray-painted on a portrait of the King, the group has claimed.

Two people from the group sprayed the painting in Edinburgh’s National Portrait Gallery with the words “The people are mightier than the lord”, at around 3pm on Wednesday.