The incident happened around 8:30 local time (9:30 CET) and does not appear to disrupt any plans of the royal family. Charles, Camilla and other family members were captured in the morning by photographers arriving at St. Paul’s Chapel. George in the castle complex, according to the Reuters agency.
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Police said the man did not enter any building and members of the royal family were informed of the incident.
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“An investigation is underway, we are working with colleagues from the metropolitan police. We believe that the general public has not been endangered, “said Inspector Rebecca Mears.
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The man remains in custody. He was arrested for breaking into protected land and holding an assault weapon. Security protocols were launched shortly after he broke into the grounds. Ninety-five-year-old Elizabeth II, who spent most of the covid pandemic in Windsor, remains at the castle because of the pandemic, despite the winter holidays, although she usually resides at her East English residence, Sandringham. He celebrates Christmas in Windsor with his son Charles, his wife Camilla and other close relatives.
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Security incidents at British royal residences are uncommon. The most serious of the reign of the current queen happened in 1982, when the intruder climbed the wall of Buckingham Palace and got to the room where Elizabeth II lay. in bed. In 2016, a man who had previously been convicted of murder confessed to intruding into the protection zone around Buckingham Palace and asked if the queen was home.
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