Police said Saturday that they arrested two men
over a suspected break-in at Buckingham Palace,
a rare — but not unheard-of — breach of royal
security. London’s Metropolitan Police said the incident
occurred on Monday night after one of the men
scaled a fence outside the stately residence. Police
did not say where exactly the unidentified man
was found, but it did indicate it was in an area of
the palace usually open to visitors during the day. Various parts of the 775-room building are
usually open to the public during the summer,
including the State Rooms, the Queen’s Gallery,
the Royal Mews, and the Rose Garden. The breach is one of the most serious incidents
since 1982, when Michael Fagan managed to
sneak into the queen’s private chambers while
she was still in bed. In one of her more surreal
encounters with a subject, Elizabeth II spent 10
minutes chatting with the burglar before raising the alarm when he asked for a cigarette, reports
Associated Press. There was no chance of a royal meeting this time
around. The queen is currently at Balmoral Castle
in Scotland, and police said that no other
members of the royal family were present at the
time. The man found inside the palace was arrested on
suspicion of burglary, trespassing, and criminal
damage. Another man was arrested outside the
palace on suspicion of conspiracy to commit
burglary.
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