Intruder, 39, is caught wandering around Charles’s private Windsor Castle while King is in residence.

An intruder was caught 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 last Tuesday at around 10.20pm.

He was detained under the Mental Health Act.

A source told the Mirror that: ‘The intruder was not believed to be carrying a weapon and was alone. A sweep of the castle grounds confirmed that no one else was involved.

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

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

Buckingham Palace had no comment.

In recent years there have been several break-ins on the Palace grounds. Most notably, Jaswant Singh Chail in 2021, who stormed the grounds 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 was on a mission to “assassinate the Queen in revenge for the Amritsar massacre of 1919.”

In 2021, another trespasser, Daniel Brydges, scaled two fences to access the gardens of Buckingham Palace before being found “hunched over” behind a Land Rover near the gate of The Royal Mews.

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