Two are held after ‘intruders’ found on Queen’s estate
TWO people were arrested after police were called to reports of intruders in the grounds of the Queen’s Windsor estate.
A man and a woman, both from London, were held by Thames Valley Police.
It followed an alert over two alleged trespassers found in the grounds of the Royal Lodge at Windsor Great Park, Berkshire, last Tuesday afternoon.
A police spokesman said: “Two people, a 29-year-old woman and a 31-year-old man, both from London, were arrested on suspicion of being found in or upon enclosed premises and have been released under investigation while inquiries continue.
“There was no risk to any individual on the site.”
A Buckingham Palace spokesman declined to comment.
It is the second alleged incident in the grounds of Royal Lodge within days of the Duke of Edinburgh’s funeral.
Police were also called to the Duke of York’s home after a woman reportedly talked her way into his mansion on April
19.A 43-year-old woman spent 20 minutes in the grounds of Royal Lodge after telling security guards she was having lunch with the Queen’s son.
She later made her way into the home and was held after asking a member of staff where she could find the Duke, and saying she was his fiancée and had come to marry him, it was reported.
It was claimed the woman had arrived inWindsor in a taxi and had even persuaded the Duke’s security guards to pay her fare. It is not known if Andrew was at the home he shares with his former wife, Sarah, Duchess of York.
ThamesValley Police said the woman was stopped and later sectioned under the Mental Health Act, but there was no risk to anyone on the site.