Questions are being raised in Sweden about security arrangements for the royal family after King Carl XVI Gustaf was hit in the face with a strawberry tart thrown by a 16-year-old Swedish boy.

The attack happened on Wednesday evening as the monarch was visiting a bird sanctuary near the city of Varberg, about 500 kilometres (300 miles) south-west of the capital, Stockholm.



We were on our way out from a wildlife preserve when the man threw the cake

Catherine Broms, royal spokeswoman