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| Police at British Palace Stop a Stranger: Prince Andrew | |
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| LONDON — These days in London, you can’t even stroll around your mother’s palace without getting stopped by the police. | LONDON — These days in London, you can’t even stroll around your mother’s palace without getting stopped by the police. |
| Only days after an intruder was captured inside Buckingham Palace, the police accosted Prince Andrew last Wednesday evening for wandering on the palace grounds, apparently without identification. | Only days after an intruder was captured inside Buckingham Palace, the police accosted Prince Andrew last Wednesday evening for wandering on the palace grounds, apparently without identification. |
| No guns were drawn, let alone fired, the police were quick to say Sunday. | No guns were drawn, let alone fired, the police were quick to say Sunday. |
| After the recent birth of a boy to Prince William, Andrew, the Duke of York, is now a distant fifth in line to the throne, so he is perhaps more expendable. But even in parliamentary Britain, killing a prince of the realm is still considered a crime. | After the recent birth of a boy to Prince William, Andrew, the Duke of York, is now a distant fifth in line to the throne, so he is perhaps more expendable. But even in parliamentary Britain, killing a prince of the realm is still considered a crime. |
| The police were doubly embarrassed: first an intruder scaled the walls of Buckingham Palace and entered the public rooms Monday night before being arrested on suspicion of burglary, an episode announced Friday, then two days later, Prince Andrew was told to “put your hands up and get on the ground,” at least according to the newspaper Sunday Express. | The police were doubly embarrassed: first an intruder scaled the walls of Buckingham Palace and entered the public rooms Monday night before being arrested on suspicion of burglary, an episode announced Friday, then two days later, Prince Andrew was told to “put your hands up and get on the ground,” at least according to the newspaper Sunday Express. |
| The newspaper also reported that officers pointed their guns at the prince, which Scotland Yard took the trouble to deny. | The newspaper also reported that officers pointed their guns at the prince, which Scotland Yard took the trouble to deny. |
| In a statement of his own, Prince Andrew said the police had apologized. “I am grateful for their apology and look forward to a safe walk in the garden in the future,” he said, acknowledging that “the police have a difficult job to do balancing security for the royal family and deterring intruders, and sometimes they get it wrong.” | In a statement of his own, Prince Andrew said the police had apologized. “I am grateful for their apology and look forward to a safe walk in the garden in the future,” he said, acknowledging that “the police have a difficult job to do balancing security for the royal family and deterring intruders, and sometimes they get it wrong.” |
| When Andrew was second in line to the throne, he was often in the news media, with coverage of “Randy Andy,” his relationship with an American actress named Koo Stark and later his marriage to Sarah Ferguson. According to the British tabloids, the couple have remained close and have considered remarriage. | When Andrew was second in line to the throne, he was often in the news media, with coverage of “Randy Andy,” his relationship with an American actress named Koo Stark and later his marriage to Sarah Ferguson. According to the British tabloids, the couple have remained close and have considered remarriage. |
| The most bizarre breach of security at the palace was in 1982, when a man named Michael Fagan got into the bedroom of Queen Elizabeth II. In an interview last year with the British newspaper The Independent, Mr. Fagan said the queen had run away from him, despite earlier reports that she had spoken with him for some time. | The most bizarre breach of security at the palace was in 1982, when a man named Michael Fagan got into the bedroom of Queen Elizabeth II. In an interview last year with the British newspaper The Independent, Mr. Fagan said the queen had run away from him, despite earlier reports that she had spoken with him for some time. |