London police said on Saturday they had arrested a man who broke into the royal stables on the grounds of Buckingham Palace on the night of Friday and Saturday.
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“At 1:25 a.m. (00:25 GMT) on Saturday September 16, Buckingham Palace officers intervened with a person who was climbing the wall to enter the royal stables,” Scotland Yard said in an explanation.
This 25-year-old man was arrested by officers outside the royal stables. At no time did the man enter Buckingham Palace or the palace gardens,” police said.
He was arrested for “trespassing in a protected area” and taken into police custody at a London police station, where he remains, she said.
Despite the increased security measures around the site, attempted break-ins are no exception at Buckingham Palace, a royal residence in the heart of London, as well as at Windsor Castle in the west of the capital.
The most spectacular event took place in Buckingham in 1982, when a thirty-year-old, Michael Fagan, managed to break into the bedroom of the queen as she lay in bed.
In 2021, a man with mental health issues was seen climbing the grounds of the Royal Mews and walking back to the street shortly afterwards. He was quickly arrested with cocaine and a kitchen knife.
And a man, Jaswant Singh Chail, is currently on trial in London for entering Windsor Castle armed with a crossbow on Christmas Day 2021 with the intention of “killing the Queen,” he said upon his arrest.
The Queen, who died last year aged 96, was at the castle spending the end of the year holidays.
He was charged and pleaded guilty under the Treason Act, the treason law used in extremely rare cases, meaning a trial is not necessary and a judge must decide his sentence soon.