Buckingham Palace was put under lockdown Tuesday after a man was caught carrying and throwing suspicious items onto the royal grounds — just four days ahead of King Charles’ Coronation.
The UK’s Metropolitan Police arrested the man after he approached the gate around 7 p.m. local time and “threw a number of items” suspected to be shotgun cartridges.
The cops confiscated a “suspicious bag” from the man and conducted a controlled explosion as a precaution.
“Officers worked immediately to detain the man and he has been taken into police custody,” Chief Superintendent Joseph McDonald said in a statement.
“There have been no reports of any shots fired, or any injuries to officers or members of the public.”
Witnesses told The Sun that the unnamed man had been visiting the Palace nightly and was seen shouting: “I’m going to kill the King.”
His now-detonated bag contained two passports, a phone, wallet, keys and an instructional book called “The Happiness Advantage” that helps readers “rewire our brains for positivity.”
Buckingham Palace said neither the king nor his wife Camilla were at the palace at the time of the incident.
The incident comes just four days before Kings Charles’ coronation. Sunrise on 7
Police said the perpetrator “threw a number of items” that were believed to be shotgun cartridges. Sunrise on 7
Police confiscated a “suspicious bag” from the man and conducted a controlled explosion as a precaution. Getty Images
Buckingham Palace said neither the king nor his wife Camilla were at the palace at the time of the incident. Getty Images
King Charles III, left, meets Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, right, during an audience at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday. APIn the hours before the arrest, King Charles welcomed Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at the castle. Though the details of their conversation have not yet been released, Albanese said his trip to the UK would focus on the Australia-UK Free Trade Agreement.
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