Overview
- The Royal Maundy service, held Thursday at St Asaph Cathedral in North Wales, went ahead with a bilingual liturgy and newly commissioned Welsh music.
- King Charles presented Maundy purses to 77 men and 77 women, with 77p in specially minted silver coins in a white purse and commemorative £5 and 50p coins in a red purse.
- Workers covered red paint reading "Not our King" hours before the royals arrived, and North Wales Police opened a criminal-damage investigation into the graffiti.
- The anti-monarchy group Republic staged a demonstration outside and pressed the question "What did you know?" about Prince Andrew and Epstein, while not claiming responsibility for the graffiti.
- This marked only the second Royal Maundy held in Wales and the first in North Wales, continuing Queen Elizabeth II’s practice of taking the centuries-old ceremony around the UK.