Media: Armed intruder wanted to murder Queen
Created: 12/27/2021 Updated: 12/27/2021, 9:45 AM
Police guard the gate of Windsor Castle on Boxing Day.
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A man armed with a crossbow uses a rope ladder to gain access to Windsor Castle.
Did the Queen narrowly avoid an attack?
Windsor - The armed intruder, who was arrested on Christmas Day on the grounds of the Queen's residence at Windsor Castle, is said to have announced the planned assassination of Queen Elizabeth II (95) in advance in a video.
The British police said they were examining the clip published by The Sun newspaper on Monday. Buckingham Palace did not want to comment on the incident. On Saturday morning, a 19-year-old was armed with a crossbow and climbed over the wall of the property west of London using a rope ladder. He was caught shortly afterwards and has been under medical supervision ever since.
In the clip, which the 19-year-old is said to have sent to friends shortly before the incident, a masked man is handling a crossbow.
"I will try to murder Elizabeth, Queen of the Royal Family," says the figure in a distorted voice.
It was revenge for the Amritsar massacre in 1919. At that time, British troops opened fire on demonstrators in the Indian city of Amritsar, and hundreds were killed.
India used to be a British colony.
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The intruder had come within the castle walls to within 500 meters of the private apartments of the Queen before he was arrested, reported the "Sun".
Despite the incident, heir to the throne Prince Charles and his wife Duchess Camilla and the youngest Queen's son Prince Edward attended a service on Christmas Day with his wife Princess Sophie and their two children on the grounds of the residence.
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