Three people have been charged after food was thrown at two Vincent Van Gogh paintings in the National Gallery.
Orange-coloured soup was thrown at Sunflowers 1888 and Sunflowers 1889 in the highly acclaimed Poets and Lovers exhibition at the central London gallery.
Stephen Simpson, 61, and Mary Somerville, 77, both of Bradford, West Yorkshire, and Phillipa Green, 24, of Penryn, Cornwall, were arrested at the scene on Friday.
The Metropolitan Police said they had now been charged with causing criminal damage and would appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Monday.
