A LARGS man has become and internet sensation for his unique take on the arrival of the royal baby.

Local maverick Harry McEachan, 83, was caught on camera writing 'call the royal wean Brexit" on an ad board in Glasgow's west end.

The video was uploaded by an onlooker to Twitter with the caption 'Scotland I luv u' - and has now been retweeted 1900 times and racked up almost 9,000 likes.

The footage of Harry scrawling the comment surfaced online only hours after it was announced that Prince Harry and Meghan had welcomed their first child.

The video quickly gained momentum, with over 26,300 views in less than 24 hours - but Harry was unaware of just how much global attention was on him.

He said: "I didn't know anything about the video until a few days later when someone told me it had gone viral.

"I still haven't seen it but I have been told their have been a number of news outlets interested in it, including some sort of Japanese TV company.

"I had been on Byres Road when I seen one of these advertising billboards and one of them had a lady with a long black dress on.

"It seemed like the perfect canvas and I happened to have some chalk on me.

"I already had a placard with me which read 'call the royal wean Brexit- overdue and will cost us plenty'."

With the royal baby arriving on May 6, and the world waiting for the announcement of his name, Harry seized the opportunity to further spread his views on Brexit.

News outlets across the globe were also quickly drawn to the video, asking for permission to use it on their sites, including The Sun, Storyful and even Tokyo-based news agency Spectee.

However this is not Harry's first protest, having saved Largs seafront from being transformed in to a car park 28 years ago.

Whilst he successfully halted the council diggers with a 10 day sit-in, Harry has recently turned his attention to more national issues.

He added: "I have spent the last three years protesting in the heart of London in Russell Square, ever since the referendum on Brexit.

"It is only more recently I have started travelling around Scotland and spreading my message.

"You meet lots of lovely people on your travels everyone is very interested and willing to listen, people are very supportive.

"I've been travelling for eight days in a row just now around Scotland to protest against the staging of these European elections."