Plans to issue a commemorative coin marking the 125th anniversary of the National Trust have been scrapped by the Royal Mint after the charity was accused of going 'woke'.
Official papers obtained by the Independent show the idea was dropped in early 2018, the year after the charity became embroiled in rows over gay pride badges and the word Easter in its egg hunts.
According to the news outlet, the decision was set out in the minutes of a meeting held by the Royal Mint's sub-committee and also noted that 125 was not considered 'a good anniversary'.
The minutes read: 'The theme was not approved. 125th was not a good anniversary. Judged to be a somewhat troubled and political organisation.'
Although the minutes make no mention of the rows over the gay pride badges and the use of the word Easter in its egg hunts, the meeting was held in their wake and the timing would suggest it could have played a factor in the committee's decision.
Plans to issue a commemorative coin marking the 125th anniversary of the National Trust have been scrapped by the Royal Mint (pictured) after the charity was accused of going 'woke'
The National Trust was described by the committee as a 'troubled and political organisation'
In 2017, the National Trust was accused by volunteers of trampling on their rights after staff at Felbrigg Hall in Norfolk were told to wear gay pride badges to mark 50 years since the decriminalisation of homosexuality.
At least 75 volunteers at the estate were said to have revolted over the order, which required them either to wear the rainbow ID badges or be relegated to backroom jobs.
The trust ultimately reversed their decision to make wearing the badges mandatory for those in public duties.
Earlier that year, the trust came under fire after it banned the word Easter from its annual egg hunt.
The event, which sees hundreds of thousands of children search for chocolate eggs at National Trust sites, has been called an 'Easter Egg Trail' for the past ten years.
But in 2017, it was renamed the 'Great British Egg Hunt' to appeal to non-Christians, sparking anger among senior figures in the Church.
The trust's first major 'woke' controversy came when volunteers at Felbrigg Hall in Norfolk (pictured) were told they had to wear gay pride badges or be restricted to back-office roles
Since the decision was made, the charity has continued to attract accusations that it is becoming 'woke'.
In August last year, members of the National Trust - of which there are five million - threatened to cancel their memberships after the organisation shared a series of tweets highlighting what it said were links between slavery and some its sites.
The tweet read: 'Many of
