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| Police have arrested a man who tried to enter Buckingham Palace with a knife, according to Scotland Yard. | |
| The Metropolitan police said the man was detained at 11.30am on Monday morning and no one was injured in the incident. | |
| "A 44-year-old man attempted to enter Buckingham Palace via the north-centre gate but was apprehended immediately by police," said a Met spokesman. | |
| "The man was searched and found to be in possession of a knife, which was seized." | "The man was searched and found to be in possession of a knife, which was seized." |
| The man, who was arrested on suspicion of trespassing on a protected site and possession of an offensive weapon, remains in custody at a London police station. | The man, who was arrested on suspicion of trespassing on a protected site and possession of an offensive weapon, remains in custody at a London police station. |
| A statement from Buckingham Palace said the Queen was not in the building when the incident took place. | |
| A security alert was sparked at the palace last month when a suspected burglar managed to get into the building after scaling a fence. | |
| He was found at around 10.30pm on 2 September in a room that had been open to the public during the day. A second man was arrested outside the palace on suspicion of conspiracy to commit burglary. | |
| Less than 48 hours later, amid heightened security, two police officers confronted the Duke of York in the palace gardens and demanded to know who he was. | |
| Scotland Yard later issued a public apology to the royal. Prince Andrew accepted the apology and said he was conscious of the problems officers face. | |
| "The police have a difficult job to do balancing security for the royal family and deterring intruders, and sometimes they get it wrong," he said. | |
| "I am grateful for their apology and look forward to a safe walk in the garden in the future." | |
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