Prince Harry has received a movie star makeover in a new street art mural.
Street artist Pegasus painted the
Duke of Sussex as the late James Dean’s character Jim Stark in the hit 1955 film “Rebel Without A Cause” on a wall in London’s Shoreditch neighbourhood on Saturday.
He titled the one metre high promo poster-style piece: “Rebel Without A Crown.”It was a “tongue-in-cheek” response to Harry and wife Meghan Markle’s shock announcement last week about stepping back as senior members of the
British royal family, Pegasus told HuffPost via email.
The couple revealed they and young son Archie would now split their time between North America and the
United Kingdom as they disentangle themselves from the royal family and pursue financial independence.
“Seeing as
Prince Harry has never been first in line to the crown and has a rebellious history as royal-gone-rogue in his bachelor days, the pun seemed appropriate in this current situation which has left the nation and royal family shaking in their gems,” the artist explained.Pegasus, whose real name is Chris Turner, shared clips of himself creating the piece on Instagram. In one, he painstakingly cuts out a stencil of Harry’s face: View this post on InstagramA post shared by Pegasus (@pegasusart) on Jan 10, 2020 at 11:41pm PSTAnother video shows him painting the piece onto the wall: View this post on InstagramA post shared by Pegasus (@pegasusart) on Jan 11, 2020 at 3:03am PSTPegasus painted this “Harry’s Girl” piece on another wall in
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