On Sunday, June 1, at around 1 p.m., the apparent calm of Windsor was suddenly disturbed by an incident the Crown would have preferred to avoid. A man in his thirties, clearly under the influence of class A drugs (which include heroin, morphine, methadone, cocaine, opium, ecstasy and hallucinogens such as LSD), managed to cross the protected boundaries of the royal estate. Fortunately, it did not reach the central, ultra-secure part of the castle.

The man was intercepted near Town Gate (a peripheral access point) by forces from the Royal and Specialist Protection Command, the Royal Family's bodyguard service in charge of security at royal sites. The man was quickly neutralized and handed over to Thames Valley Police. He was arrested for trespassing on a protected site and possession of

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