Overview

• Livia Giuggioli posted an Instagram video tearing up her MBE certificate and said she has sent the medal back to St James’s Palace with a handwritten letter to the Central Chancery.
• She was appointed an honorary MBE in 2019 for work on sustainable fashion and garment-worker safety, which she says she accepted on behalf of activists.
• In her statement, Giuggioli condemned what she called a “frightening and cowardly display of appeasement,” criticizing King Charles’s role in the ceremonial hosting.
• She referenced President Trump’s recent UK state visit to Windsor Castle, which featured a state banquet and military pageantry, as well as his UN General Assembly remarks.
• Her post drew a rapid online response, including many comments defending the monarch’s ceremonial duty; no official palace response was reported.