Indeed, mindless vandalism :-(
In our building - in a Crescent named after a Queen) our shared stairwell has a number of portraits of Queens - Elizabeths 1 & II, Victoria, Freddy Mercury... and one of Elizabeth II blowing bubble gum.
The only person to have ever grumbled that it's disrespectful is our (really lovely) downstairs neighbour, who's Russian. One day I'll get around to the whole "our monarch may be German, but at least we do still have a monarchy (for better or worse).
Will
Thanks for sharing your story, lovely
