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Jake Hackney

Man charged with 'intending to injure or alarm the Queen'

A 20-year-old man has been charged with intending to injure or alarm the Queen following an incident at Windsor Castle last year, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has said.

Jaswant Singh Chail, from Southampton, was caught carrying a crossbow in the grounds of the Queen’s residence on Christmas Day 2021. Scotland Yard said he has been charged under section two of the Treason Act, 1842, which is “discharging or aiming firearms, or throwing or using any offensive matter or weapon, with intent to injure or alarm her Majesty.”

The Queen was celebrating Christmas with other members of the Royal Family in the castle at the time, including Princes Charles and Edward. Police said Chail had been arrested within "moments" of entering the grounds.

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