The queen made no public appearance on Saturday. Officers responded to a security breach around 8:30 a.m., according to the Thames Valley Police. She spent Christmas of 2020 at Windsor, too. An armed intruder was arrested on the grounds of Windsor Castle on Saturday as Queen Elizabeth and members of the royal family, including Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, celebrated Christmas at the castle. The royal family normally spend Christmas at the queen's Sandringham estate in eastern England, but that tradition has been disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2016 a man with a previous murder conviction pleaded guilty to trespass after scaling a perimeter wall at Buckingham Palace and asking if the monarch was at home. The most serious one in the queen's reign happened in 1982, when an intruder climbed a wall to enter Buckingham Palace, her London home, and wandered into a room where she was in bed. Security breaches at royal residences are rare. There was no suggestion that any of the royal family's plans had been disrupted by the incident. The incident took place at about 0830 GMT.Ĭharles, Camilla and other royal family members were pictured later in the morning arriving for a Christmas church service at St George's Chapel within the Windsor Castle complex. She added that members of the royal family had been informed about the incident and that police did not believe there was a wider danger to the public. "The man has been arrested on suspicion of breach or trespass of a protected site and possession of an offensive weapon," said Thames Valley Police Superintendent Rebecca Mears. The 95-year-old monarch, who has spent much of the COVID-19 pandemic at Windsor Castle, was celebrating Christmas there with her son, Prince Charles, his wife, Camilla, and other close family. The 19-year-old from Southampton in southern England did not enter any buildings and security processes were triggered within moments, Thames Valley Police said in a statement. The man was taken into custody and has undergone a mental health assessment - he has since been sectioned under the Mental Health Act and remains in the care of medical professionals.A man who entered the grounds of Windsor Castle, where Britain's Queen Elizabeth is spending Christmas, has been arrested and is being held on suspicion of possession of an offensive weapon, police said on Saturday. “Following a search of the man, a crossbow was recovered.
“Security processes were triggered within moments of the man entering the grounds and he did not enter any buildings. It is believed the man, who lives in Southampton, had scaled a metal fence using a rope ladder but was spotted on CCTV "within moments" and triggered intruder alarms.Ī Metropolitan Police spokesperson said in a statement: “A 19-year-old man from Southampton was arrested on suspicion of breach or trespass of a protected site and possession of an offensive weapon. Fagan's mother later said, 'He thinks so much of the Queen. He wanted to talk about love but the Queen changed the subject to family matters. Police have confirmed they are assessing the video.Īfter the intruder was apprehended in the grounds of the queen's residence, he was sectioned under the mental health act. Some reports say the intruder, 31-year-old Michael Fagan, had planned to commit suicide in the Queen's bedroom but decided it wasn't 'a nice thing to do' once he was there. Please share this with whoever and if possible get it to the news if they’re interested.” “If you have received this then my death is near.
The intruder who broke into Windsor Castle on. He captioned the post: " I’m sorry to all of those who I have wronged or lied to. Jaswant Singh Chail claimed to be a Sith from 'Star Wars' and said he would try to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II. An investigation into the security breach is underway. The masked man suggested he didn't think he would survive the attack. An intruder pretending to be a priest spent a night in the barracks housing the soldiers who protect Queen Elizabeth in Windsor last week. The Jallianwala Bagh Massacre, or Massacre of Amritsar, took place in India in 1919, when British colonial troops shot and killed 379 protesters and wounded more than 1,000. “It is also revenge for those who have been killed, humiliated and discriminated on because of their race. On the morning of July 9, 1982, Michael, a painter, decorator, and an amateur musician, not only trespassed the Buckingham Palace grounds but got to the Queen’s bedroom unnoticed according to him, this was not the first time he managed to go inside the Palace but it was the first time he got to meet one of the Royals in person. “This is revenge for those who have died in the 1919 Jallianwala Bagh massacre.