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Royal unicorn loses its head

Royal unicorn loses its head

A VANDAL has severely damaged the royal coat of arms above the Perth GPO, decapitating its unicorn and pulling bits off.

Perth city councillor Reece Harley tipped us off to the damage, having just returned from Paris where he’d proposed to partner Rebekah ‘neath the glow of the Eiffel Tower, making all other Perth men look bad by comparison.

The GPO has two coats of arms: the left side features the kangaroo and emu of the Australian coat, while the one on the right has a mythical unicorn and lion, the royal coat of arms of the UK.

• The royal coat of arms at the GPO has been severely damaged by a deranged vandal. Photo by Reece Harley
• The royal coat of arms at the GPO has been severely damaged by a deranged vandal. Photo by Reece Harley

The unicorn has been beheaded and the lion had its head near ripped off in the attack, and it now droops menacingly over pedestrians below.
Online chatter narrows the time of the incident to 3.30am Saturday when a vandal was spotted molesting the insignia. He ran off when yelled at and the incident was reported to police. The broken coat of arms is due to be taken down for restoration this Sunday.

Cr Harley’s asked Perth city council staff to scour CCTV footage to find the culprit.

by DAVID BELL

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  1. Turn me kangaroo down, sport | Dodgy Perth Avatar
    Turn me kangaroo down, sport | Dodgy Perth

    […] Almost certainly because of the yoof who decided it would be funny to smash up the royal one earlier this year. Bloody morons. […]

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