{"id":259213,"date":"2025-11-12T21:16:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T21:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/259213\/"},"modified":"2025-11-12T21:16:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T21:16:10","slug":"residents-spot-a-possible-banksy-artwork-near-windsor-car-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/259213\/","title":{"rendered":"Residents spot a possible &#8216;Banksy&#8217; artwork near Windsor car park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A new piece of street art believed to have appeared in Windsor overnight has sparked speculation among residents that world-renowned graffiti artist Banksy may be responsible.<\/p>\n<p>The silhouette of a Royal guard brandishing a can of spray paint features alongside the red stencilled words &#8216;God save the Kingdom&#8217;, with the suffix &#8216;-dom&#8217; written in black graffiti.<\/p>\n<p>Residents have been spotted taking photos with the artwork located on the wall of\u00a0Ward Royal on Charles Street, opposite the Windsor Yards multi-storey car park, formerly known as King Edward Court,\u00a0today (Wednesday).<\/p>\n<p>Although the creator of this &#8216;latest tourist attraction&#8217; is unknown, several Facebook posts have speculated about the artist&#8217;s identity.<\/p>\n<p>Windsor MP Jack Rankin shared a photo along with the caption: &#8220;Loads of you have sent me this today on Ward Royal. Do we think it\u2019s a Banksy?! Do people like it?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Lib Dem ward councillor for Eton and Castle, Cllr Mark Wilson, said in a statement: &#8220;This has appeared today in Windsor to much interest and excitement &#8211; is it genuine or not, and is it art or graffiti?<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Certainly, I\u2019ll be keeping my graffiti kit away <a class=\"html-a xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak xexx8yu xyri2b x18d9i69 x1c1uobl x1hl2dhg x16tdsg8 x1vvkbs\" tabindex=\"-1\"\/>from it. While I was there, several people took photos, and one commented, \u201cIt\u2019s the latest tourist attraction.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So I\u2019m keeping an eye on Banksy\u2019s Instagram.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A new piece of street art believed to have appeared in Windsor overnight has sparked speculation among residents&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":259214,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[6225,6485,6486,1120,96,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-259213","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-arts-and-design","10":"tag-artsanddesign","11":"tag-design","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=259213"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259213\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/259214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=259213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=259213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=259213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}