“Security procedures were triggered moments after the man entered the site and he did not enter any building,” Thames Valley Police said.
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A gunman was arrested after breaking into the grounds of Windsor Castle on the outskirts of London on December 25, where Elizabeth II was spending Christmas, police said on Sunday (December 26), with media saying the suspect had a crossbow . The Thames Valley Police said it intervened around 8:30 a.m. following a security alert. “Security procedures were triggered moments after the man entered the site and he did not enter any building.”, she continued.
The man arrested, 19, a resident of Southampton, in the south of England, has “was arrested on suspicion of trespassing in a protected site and possession of a weapon”, police said.
“Members of the royal family have been informed of the incident”, added the police.