June 4, 2025

Windsor Intruder Arrested—While Kate, William & the Kids Were Just Down the Road

Windsor Intruder Arrested—While Kate, William & the Kids Were Just Down the Road

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Callaroga Shark Media, Hello and welcome to Palace intrigue and

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host mark finances.

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A fresh security scare has rocked Windsor Castle after a

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man allegedly under the influence of drugs broke into the

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castle grounds in broad daylight, sparking immediate concern among police

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and Royal security teams. A police spokesperson confirmed a man

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in his thirties has been arrested on suspicion of trespass

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on a protected site and possession of Class A drugs

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after entering restricted grounds at Windsor Castle. Officers in the

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grounds spotted the man just after thirteen hundred hours Sunday

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June first quickly arrested him. He was then passed into

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the custody of Thames Valley Police. The man was later

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released on bail pending further investigation. A source familiar with

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the matter said the intruder is believed to have been

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under the influence of drugs at the time of the

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break in. He broke into the castle and near town

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Gate and was quickly detained by police. It was a

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crazy thing to do and caused quite a stir but

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at the stage appears there was no intent to cause

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any serious harm. It is understood that the family were

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in residence at Adelaide Cottage on the Windsor Estate that day,

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though it remains unclear whether they were present at the

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exact time of the intrusion. Adelaide Cottage lies some distance

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from the location of the breach, which was closer to

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the public facing town gate. Despite the high profile nature

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of the breach, police confirmed the man never reached the

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inner grounds of Windsor Castle, where key locations such as

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the state apartments, Saint George's Chapel and the Inner Hall

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are located. Royal Aids and close Protection officers informed of

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the security incident as part of standard protocol. Thames Valley Police,

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who took custody of the suspect following the arrest, added

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he was quickly challenged by matt police officers and arrested.

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He did not enter the inner grounds of Windsor Castle.

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He was arrested on suspicion of true pass on a

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secure site and possession of Class eight drugs. He has

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been bailed and an investigation is ongoing. The Serious Organized

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Crime and Police Act of two thousand and five makes

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it an offense to trespass on protected sites, which includes

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royal estates and nuclear installations. The latest intrusion adds to

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a history of high profile breaches at Windsor Castle. In

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two thousand and three, so called comedy terrorist Aaron Barshek

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managed to infiltrate Prince William's twenty first birthday party. In

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two thousand and five, the son drove a hired van

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through the Henry the Eighth Gate as part of a

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security test, with a box marked bomb in the back.

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In twenty twelve, a drunk man climbed a gate and

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reached within sixty five meetings of the Queen's private departments

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before being tackled by armed officers. But perhaps the most

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serious incident occurred on Christmas Day twenty twenty one, when

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twenty one year old Jaswant Singh Charlie was arrested in

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the castle grounds armed with a crossbow. He later told

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police he was on a mission to assassinate the Queen.

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In twenty twenty three, Charles was sentenced to nine years

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in prison and placed under a mental health order, with

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the Old Bailey hearing that he had been egged on

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by artificial intelligence chatbot girlfriend and inspired by the Star

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Wars franchise Despite the removal of armed officers from some

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public entrances last year, security inside Windsor Castle remains robust,

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with armed patrols and rising ballards at strategic points such

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as Henry the Eighth Gate to deter any serious threat.

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The royal family has not issued a statement regarding Sunday's incident,

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but sources close to the household in sint protocol was

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followed and no family member was ever in immediate danger.

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very much. A seemingly innocuous pineapple video has become the

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latest flashpoint in Megan's ongoing campaign to connect with the public,

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sparking fury among some royal fans who clean the Duchess

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of Sussex is treating viewers as though they're, in the

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words of one critic, stupid. The controversy began when Meghan

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posted a short video on Instagram demonstrating what she described

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as a clever pineapple cutting hack. Standing alongside Randy Karen,

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the Duchess explained a trick that people do with pineapple

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still just cutting it to make the perfect little bite.

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You follow the wedge when nature has given you all

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the cues on how to have a perfect taste of something.

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For some viewers, the tone was more condescend England clever.

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One social media user posted, she acts like she discovered

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this method of cutting a pineapple, probably lifted it from Pinterest. Interestingly,

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the clipper did not appear in the first season with

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Love Megan, her Netflix style series. Meghan later claimed the

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segment was left out simply because there just wasn't enough time,

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as if Netflix was about to run out of hard

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drive space or something. A new development in Meghan's media

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endeavors has sparked curiosity and a few raised eyebrows among

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Royal watches, as Meghan Michael's release of the Bonus Podcast

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episode is being interpreted by some as part of a

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broader strategic pivot. Royal commentator Kinsey Schowfield described the move

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as odd, but added that it could also be a

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sign of calculated rebrand. The Unexpected episode featured Beyonce's mother,

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Tina Knowles, and veered from the show's original concept, prompting

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speculation that Megan is adjusting her messaging and public persona.

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Chofield said, some of us are interpreting it as a

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calculated rebrand. It's definitely different from what we were led

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to expect at the beginning of the series. The shift

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has prompted theories about what might lay I had for

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the Duchess. Schofield even float of the idea that Megan

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could be preparing for a more behind the scenes role

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in the years to come, particularly with her daughter Princess

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Lilibert in mind. She might be preparing to become a

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manager type figure to Lillibert. Schofield suggested, echoing the idea

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that Meghan's future ambitions may now involved building not just

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her own brand, but her daughters as well, which will

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no doubt thrill Harry. In The Express, Hanisha Sethi writes,

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Meghan has failed to learn the basics of interviewing techniques

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and skills needed to draw the best out of her

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guests and to give them all the attention that they deserve.

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As Beyonce's mum told a story, Meghan interrupts, I was

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in suits for seven years, and I remember so many

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other actresses, especially if you're in that grind, they said

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you're going to fry your hair, and everyone was recommending

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that they start wearing wigs. I never ended up doing it,

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by the way, I was in that industry longer understand

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where you need to protect your hair in that way.

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Sethi continues, listening to every episode of Confessions of a

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Female Founder, I would describe Meghan as an oversharer. We've

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heard plenty of the same stories of Megan Markles and

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she left the Royal family in twenty twenty. From her

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Netflix documentaries to the Bombshell interview with Oprah Sussex fans

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want new information and not the same stories regurgitated a

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touch of Hollywood candor now Is. Actress Brooke Shields offered

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a rather unfiltered assessment of her time on stage with

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the Duchess of Sussex during a panel at twenty twenty

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four south By Southwest Festival in Austin. Appearing on the

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podcast of India Hicks, Shulds recounted how she shared a

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stage with Meghan, journalist Katie Couric and others for the

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keynote event titled Breaking Barriers Shaving Narratives How Women Lead

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on and off the Screen. It was during that panel

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that Meghan Markel began speaking earnestly about her longstanding advocacy

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for gender equality, beginning as ever, with her off repeated

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story of writing to a dish soap manufacturer at age eleven.

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Seules recalled, Meghan starts telling a story, but how much

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she was a eleven and she keeps saying, Well, when

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I was eleven, I saw this commercial and they were

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talking about washing dishes, and only soap for washing dishes

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was for women. And she said, I don't think only

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women washed dishes. It wasn't fair. So I wrote to

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the company and when I was eleven, I wrote my

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first letter. And when I was eleven and then shept,

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saying she was eleven. According to Shulds, the mood in

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the room turned quite serious, perhaps overly so. Feeling the

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atmosphere growing a little too solemn, the actress decided to

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lighten things up. I go, excuse me. I'm sorry, I've

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got to interrupt you there for one minute, she said,

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noting she was trying not to be rude but simply

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injects some humor. I just want to give everybody here

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a context as to how we're different. I said, Well,

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when I was eleven, I was playing a prostitute in

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the nineteen seventy eight film Pretty Baby. The crowd, by

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Shuld's account, went insane with laughter in the panel discussion

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finally began to relax. It was just too precious, Shulds

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remarked bluntly of Megan's tone, adding, and I was like,

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they're not going to want to sit here for forty

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five minutes and listen to anybody be precious or serious.

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And then afterwards she was kind of like, oh okay,

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and I was like, let's just have some fun with it.

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I don't know if you'll have to cut this out

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