Police are known as in after vandal sprays ‘paedo dwelling’ on wall of Queen’s official Scottish residence

  • The Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh was hit by vandals on Sunday
  • Graffiti was sprayed on the partitions which learn ‘paedo dwelling’ in white
  • Police are investigating and looking for the vandal accountable for the spray 










Vandals graffitied the phrases ‘paedo dwelling’ on the wall exterior the Queen’s Scottish residence.

Police are investigating after the remarks was sprayed onto the brickwork exterior the historic constructing. 

The outer partitions of the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh had been pictured yesterday morning spray-painted with two defamatory remarks.

The walls of the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh were pictured yesterday spray-painted

The partitions of the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh had been pictured yesterday spray-painted

Queen Elizabeth II with the Princess Royal, the Earl of Inverness (left) and the Earl of Forfar during a garden party at the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh in 2019

Queen Elizabeth II with the Princess Royal, the Earl of Inverness (left) and the Earl of Forfar throughout a backyard social gathering on the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh in 2019

One picture exhibits ‘paedo dwelling’ sprayed in massive white letters alongside one wall, whereas the palace might be seen within the background.

One other picture exhibits the phrases ‘burn Tory scum’ written alongside the identical wall in comparable fashion.

The graffiti comes simply days after a US court docket dominated that Virginia Giuffre, who claims that Prince Andrew abused her when she was 17, might proceed with authorized motion in opposition to him.

Andrew faces a civil court in the United States over allegation he denies of abuse of Giuffre

Andrew faces a civil court docket in the USA over allegation he denies of abuse of Giuffre

This picture shows the pair of them together with Ghislaine Maxwell grinning in the back

This image exhibits the pair of them along with Ghislaine Maxwell grinning within the again

A Scottish ‘household dwelling’: Historical past of the Palace of Holyroodhouse 

David I based the Palace of Holyroodhouse as an Augustinian monastery in 1128. It’s stated that whereas he was out looking, David I had a imaginative and prescient of a stag with a glowing cross, or a ‘rood’, between its antlers. ‘Holyrood’ means ‘Holy Cross’.

With Edinburgh recognised as Scotland’s capital, kings selected to reside in Holyroodhouse, surrounded by parkland, somewhat than within the bleak Edinburgh Citadel, excessive on a rock overlooking the city and uncovered to the weather. 

In 1501 James IV cleared the bottom near the Abbey and constructed a Palace for himself and his bride, Margaret Tudor, the sister of Henry VIII. His successor James V added an enormous Tower between 1528 and 1532, and a brand new west entrance south of the Tower between 1535 and 1536.

Mary, Queen of Scots spent most of her turbulent life within the Palace and married two of her husbands there.  

Within the twentieth century, the present Queen’s grandparents King George V and Queen Mary continued restoration and renovation work on the Palace, which they thought to be a household dwelling.  

Prince Andrew has strongly denied the claims.

Buckingham Palace launched a press release on Thursday saying that The Duke of York could be returning his army titles and royal patronages again to the Queen.

Rory Richmond, a legislation pupil from Glasgow, posted a photograph on Twitter yesterday of the graffiti aimed on the Conservatives.

He wrote: ‘This was photographed at Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh earlier right this moment.

‘We should condemn and confront the senseless acts of vandalism and hatred.’

The tweet has acquired over 200 likes and has had dozens of feedback and retweets.

Social media customers had been outraged by the graffiti.

@RolandButter12 stated: ‘Civic and Joyous Scottish Nationalism writ massive.’

@piltonjambo stated: ‘Appalling vandalism.

‘There aren’t any excuses for it in any respect, it is criminality whether or not or not it fits your political social gathering of alternative.

‘I actually do hope the one who did that is caught and handled.’

@Aldo21T stated: ‘The prats s*** in their very own nest.’

@Alanma47724282 added: ‘Schooling will assist these clowns.’

A Police Scotland spokesperson right this moment (MON) stated: ‘Police acquired a report of vandalism on an exterior wall on the Palace of Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh which occurred between 4pm on Saturday, 15 January and 8am on Sunday, 16 January, 2022.

‘Enquiries are ongoing and anybody with data ought to contact police through 101, quoting incident quantity 1071 of 16 January.’

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