A statue of King George V has been beheaded by vandals in Melbourne who dedicated the attack to King Charles.
A video of the decapitation, soundtracked with the Sex Pistols’ God Save the Queen was posted online along with the message: “Happy Birthday Motherf----r.”
Victoria, and other Australian, states commemorated the official birthday of King Charles III on Monday with public holidays.
The statue was sprayed with red paint and the words “the colony will fall” – a message that has been daubed on other colonial-era statues that have been vandalised in recent months.