He was sent to do duty in the Navy and consequently served on several Navy ships, including HMS Warspite, HMS Inconstant, and HMS Harlequin. Later life Īfter his second release, he refused an offer of £4 a week (£387 today) to appear in a music hall, and a short time later, he was caught loitering in the vicinity of Buckingham Palace. This third incident caused a furore, and three additional palace guards were appointed. This time, he was sentenced to three months' hard labour.

On 15 March 1841, after a snack in one of the royal apartments, 'the boy Jones' was caught by the reinforced police force guarding the palace. īefore his release from Tothill Fields Prison on 2 March 1841, attempts were made to persuade Jones to join the Navy. The 1840 incident caused a stir because initially, it was feared that it might affect the Queen, happening so shortly after childbirth. His father's plea of insanity being without success, he was sentenced to three months in a house of correction. Shortly after midnight, Baroness Lehzen discovered him under a sofa in the Queen's dressing room and he was arrested. On 30 November 1840, nine days after the birth of Queen Victoria's first child, Princess Victoria, he 'scaled the wall of Buckingham Palace about half-way up Constitution Hill', entered the palace, and left undetected. Although he had apparently stolen linen and a regimental sword from the palace, he was acquitted by the jury.

It turned out that he had frequently mentioned his intention to enter the palace to his employer, a builder. He was brought before Queen Square Police Court on 14 December. He was caught by a porter in the Marble Hall and, after a chase, captured by the police in St James's Street, with Queen Victoria's underwear stuffed down his trousers. In 1838, aged 14, Jones entered Buckingham Palace disguised as a chimney sweep. The boy Jones's name was Edward Jones according to most sources. Thomas Jones was the son of a tailor in Westminster. 1837 with the Marble Arch in its original position. In a pre-recorded Christmas message to the nation, she spoke of the loss of her husband, Prince Philip, who died in April aged 99.Buckingham Palace c. The queen made no public appearance on Saturday. The most serious one in the queen's reign happened in 1982, when an intruder climbed a wall to enter Buckingham Palace, her London home, and wandered into a room where she was in bed. Security breaches at royal residences are rare. There was no suggestion that any of the royal family's plans had been disrupted by the incident. The incident took place at about 0830 GMT.Ĭharles, Camilla and other royal family members were pictured later in the morning arriving for a Christmas church service at St George's Chapel within the Windsor Castle complex. She added that members of the royal family had been informed about the incident and that police did not believe there was a wider danger to the public. 'The man has been arrested on suspicion of breach or trespass of a protected site and possession of an offensive weapon,' said Thames Valley Police Superintendent Rebecca Mears. The 95-year-old monarch, who has spent much of the COVID-19 pandemic at Windsor Castle, was celebrating Christmas there with her son, Prince Charles, his wife, Camilla, and other close family. The 19-year-old from Southampton in southern England did not enter any buildings and security processes were triggered within moments, Thames Valley Police said in a statement. Photo: AFPĪ man who entered the grounds of Windsor Castle, where Britain's Queen Elizabeth II is spending Christmas, has been arrested and is being held on suspicion of possession of an offensive weapon, police said on Saturday. Britain's Queen Elizabeth II records her address to the UK and the Commonwealth in relation to the coronavirus outbreak at Windsor Castle, west of London on Sunday.

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