The man was arrested on Saturday after he infiltrated the grounds of Windsor Castle, Elizabeth II’s west London residence, with a crossbow. He said in a video that he wanted to “assassinate the Queen”.The British newspaper “The Sun” reported on Monday.

Elizabeth II, 95, spent her Christmas holidays at Windsor Castle, outside London, which is now her main residence. On Sunday, the police indicated that The man was admitted to a psychiatric hospital.

The Sun published images of a video allegedly posted to the suspect’s Snapchat account minutes before he entered the compound.

In the footage, the person is seen wearing a crossbow and wearing a black hooded jacket. Behind a white mask he can be heard saying, “I’m sorry for what I have done and what I will do. I will try to assassinate Queen Elizabeth.”

With clear references to the Star Wars saga, he introduces himself as a Sikh Indian and says he is seeking “revenge” for a massacre perpetrated by British forces in 1919 against protesters in India.

Although they did not confirm the authenticity of the recording, the London police said that “investigators are assessing the content of a video clip”.

Face to face with a stranger in your room

Attempts to enter Windsor or Buckingham Palace, the Queen’s usual residence, located in the heart of London, are not unusual. The most spectacular happened in July 1982, when Michael Fagan, a 30-year-old man, managed to enter the Queen’s bedroom at 7.15am while she was sleeping.

Fagan He skipped all the security measures, sat on the king’s bed and Talk to her for ten minutes. While they were talking, the unexpected guest asked Elizabeth II for a cigarette. ‘I don’t have it here,’ said Her Majesty, ‘but I can go find him in the next room.’ The intruder agreed and the Queen took the opportunity to warn her guard who immediately lowered the man.

Prince Philip of Edinburgh, who was sleeping in another room, remained oblivious to the sudden situation his wife was facing.

According to biographer Ingrid Seward in her book on the Queen of England, Paul Webery, the king’s most trusted man, was at that time walking Isabel’s dogs. When he returned, the Queen managed to escape from the bedroom, and Big Bull wrestled with Fagan until he fell to the floor. However, the stranger later told that he was very nice to him. “Looks like you need a drink.”Fagan says Whybrew told him, then poured him a glass of whiskey until the police finally arrived.

The then prime minister, Margaret Thatcher, was “deeply concerned” about the incident, as was the then Home Secretary, William Whitelaw, the royal family’s chief of security. Whitelaw had to hastily intervene in the House of Commons to explain such an interruption in the Queen’s private life.

Fagan, a painter and decorator, narrated the incident of the July 9, 1982 was his second attempt To enter the palace the first happened about a month ago.

According to an interview he gave daily mirrorOn Fagan’s first attempt, he managed to climb up a drainpipe and was seen by a palace employee who alerted security, but when the guards arrived at the scene, he disappeared.

Fagan reportedly entered the mansion through an open roof window and spent 30 minutes eating cheddar cheese and crackers and walking around like a tourist. According to information published at the time, the alarms were faulty and did not go off.

Fagan said he walked into the post office where he saw gifts for newborn Prince William. The intruder reported that he poured half a bottle of wine for himself before deciding to leave, and during all this time it went unnoticed by the security men. “I went to Carlos’ room, took the wine from the rack and drank it. It was cheap from California,” he said to independent.

Unable to resist the temptation to return to the palace, Fagan tried his luck again on July 9, this time by climbing the four-meter-high Buckingham Wall and, once again, climbing through a sewage pipe. Was hanging around for a while. Then the man entered the queen’s room and opened the curtains to wake her. He asserted that Elizabeth II was “trembling” when she found him beside her. in the data for woman, He said : “I rolled over on her bed looking too young to be a queen. So I walk up and pull the curtain back, just to make sure, and suddenly he sat up and said, ‘What are you doing here?'”

Some publications at the time claimed that the Queen was incredibly calm and kept talking to him until security officers arrived. However, Fagan denied this account and said woman : “number! He passed me and walked out of the room.”

Fagan was arrested but not charged with trespassing and the charges were eventually dropped when he was accepted to undergo a psychiatric evaluation. Now, his crime will be considered a felony. What got him into legal trouble was The fact that on his first visit he stole Prince Charles’ wine.

Read on: