16 September 2023 , 10:12
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A man has been arrested for allegedly trespassing into stables within the grounds of Buckingham Palace.
Police officers raced to reports of a person climbing a wall and entering the Royal Mews at around 1.25am today. They found a 25-year-old man outside the stables and arrested him under the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act for trespassing on a protected site. He remains in police custody.
The Met said in a statement: "A man has been arrested in the Royal Mews area adjacent to Buckingham Palace. At 01:25hrs on Saturday, 16 September, officers at Buckingham Palace responded to a person climbing the wall and entering the Royal Mews.
"Following a search, a 25-year-old man was detained by officers outside the stables in the Royal Mews. At no point did the man enter Buckingham Palace or the Palace Gardens. The man has been arrested under the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act for trespassing on a protected site. He has been taken into custody at a London police station where he remains."
The Royal Mews is part of the Buckingham Palace estate, and houses the royal family's horses. In a separate case in 2021, a 44-year-old man admitted to trespassing on a protected site, possession of a bladed article and possession of a wrap of cocaine after scaling the fence to the Royal Mews.
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And earlier that same year, a knifeman managed to enter Buckingham Palace by simply walking through a gate as a vehicle was going in. Chorrie Thompson, 46, admitted gaining entry to the rear of the royal residence armed with a Stanley knife at around 11.25am on April 15, 2021.