Queen" before police handcuffed him for trespassing. Just days before the Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebrations, face-tattooed Connor Attridge, 28, allegedly waltzed through the vehicle gate of the Royal Mews on Sunday night.Westminster Magistrates' Court heard Attridge refused to stop as he made his way onto royal grounds behind an authorised car.Attridge made it as far as three to five metres beyond the palace boundary when he is said to have told a member of household staff: "I want to come in.
I want to see the Queen." The defendant who has a facial tattoo reading "truly blessed", appeared in the dock on Tuesday charged with trespassing on a protected site on May 29.
Attridge's arrest comes amid heightened security around the palace in the run-up to the extended bank holiday to celebrate the Queen's 70-year reign.
On June 2, Trooping the Colour, the sovereign's official birthday parade, will kick-start the four days of festivities, with the expectation the Queen will join working members of the royal family on the Buckingham Palace balcony. "This is one of the most high-profile weeks in history, with it being the 70th anniversary," said prosecutor Leila Nahaboo-Osman.
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