• Patrick Thelwell denies a public order offence in connection with the incident.
• A judge orders him to stand trial on April 14 and he has been released on unconditional bail.
• A number of eggs were thrown at Charles III during a walkabout in York last year.

A university student pleaded not guilty to threatening behaviour following the throwing of eggs at King Charles III during a walkabout last year.

Patrick Thelwell, 23, denied a public order offence in connection with the November incident in York, northern England.

Senior District Judge Paul Goldspring ordered that he stand trial on April 14 and released him on unconditional bail.

Thelwell’s lawyer Nicola Hall told the hearing the trial would address the issue of whether his actions were part of a “legitimate protest”.

It would also include if they “looked likely to cause fear of unlawful violence”, she added.

“He would take the view his actions were necessary and part of a protest against the establishment,” Hall told the court.

When the 74-year-old monarch visited York with his wife, Queen Consort Camilla, a number of eggs were thrown at him, but none hit the couple.

A 21-year-old man was fined £100 ($122) last Friday after admitting throwing an egg at Charles in Luton, north of London.

The visit was objected to by Harry Spartacus May, who thought it was in “bad taste” because Luton was “deprived and poor,” according to a court in London.

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