Trespasser, 39, is caught wandering around Charles’ private Windsor Castle while King is in residence

An intruder has been arrested in the grounds of Windsor Castle while King Charles was at his residence.

Scotland Yard confirmed that officers arrested a 39-year-old man in the grounds of the royal residence at around 10.20pm last Tuesday.

He was detained under the Mental Health Act.

A source told the Mirror that: ‘It was believed the intruder was not holding a weapon and was alone. A search of the castle grounds confirmed that no one else was involved.”

Scotland Yard confirmed that officers arrested a 39-year-old man in the grounds of the royal residence at around 10.20pm last Tuesday.

A Metropolitan Police spokesperson said: ‘Officers have arrested a man on suspicion of trespassing in the grounds of Windsor Castle.

‘The 39-year-old was arrested on Tuesday, February 20 around 10:20 p.m. He was taken into custody before being detained under the Mental Health Act.”

Buckingham Palace made no comment.

There have been a number of encroachments on the palace grounds in recent years. Notably, Jaswant Singh Chail in 2021 who broke into the premises wearing a hood and mask and armed with a crossbow.

The Queen was at the castle at the time of the incident on December 25, along with Prince Charles, Camilla and other close family members, before her tribute to her late husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, was broadcast to the nation.

The then teenager had been on a mission to ‘kill the queen in revenge for the Amritsar massacre of 1919’.

In 2021, another intruder, Daniel Brydges, scaled two fences to gain access to the gardens of Buckingham Palace before being found ‘crouched’ behind a Land Rover near the gate of The Royal Mews.

He managed to avoid jail despite being caught trespassing twice in four days.