15 Oct 2013

Knife carrying man arrested at palace

10:06 am on 15 October 2013

British police have arrested a man who tried to enter Buckingham Palace with a knife.

Officers say the man was stopped straight away as he attempted to get through a gate into the grounds of the Queen's London residence.

The knife was found when he was searched.

The man was arrested on suspicion of trespassing on a protected site and possessing an offensive weapon.

Buckingham Palace says the Queen was not home at the time.

The incident follows the arrest last month of a man on suspicion of burglary, trespass and criminal damage, after climbing over a fence to get into the palace.