A crossbow-wielding intruder in the grounds of Windsor Castle approached a police officer and announced he was there “to kill the Queen”, a court has heard.
Jaswant Singh Chail is charged with intending to injure or alarm the Queen under the little-used Treason Act after he was arrested on Christmas Day last year.
The 20-year-old, from Southampton, is the first person in more than 40 years to be charged with offences under the 1842 legislation.
