Windsor Castle security scare as man breaks in while William and Kate at home nearby

The Prince and Princess of Wales were visiting their home with their children nearby on a day when an intruder is said to have climbed over the wall to enter Windsor Castle, but the intruder was quickly detained by police.

The Prince and Princess of Wales(Image: PA)

An intruder sparked a royal security scare after they allegedly broke into the grounds of Windsor Castle. The man is said to have climbed over the wall to get in the castle grounds on Sunday before he was quickly detained by officers from the Metropolitan Police, which is responsible for security at the royal residence.

A man in his 30s was then handed over to the local police force, Thames Valley, before being arrested on suspicion of trespass and possession of a Class A drug. It has been reported that the Prince and Princess of Wales, were at their Adelaide Cottage home on the Windsor estate at the time with Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis. However, as the intruder is said to have entered the grounds near Town Gate, it was some distance away from the royals’ home.

Windsor Castle and Victoria Memorial, Windsor, Berkshire, UK
A man in his 30s was arrested after the incident at Windsor Castle(Image: Pawel Libera via Getty Images)

The man is also said to have not entered the inner buildings of Windsor Castle. A source told The Sun: “He broke into the castle near Town Gate and was quickly detained by police. It was a crazy thing to do and caused quite a stir but at this stage it appears there was no intent to cause any serious harm.”

A 30-year-old man has been detained on suspicion of trespassing on a protected site and of possessing Class A drugs after entering Windsor Castle’s restricted grounds, according to a Met Police spokesperson.

“Officers in the grounds spotted the man just after 13:00hrs on Sunday, 1 June and quickly arrested him. He was then passed into the custody of Thames Valley Police.”

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Meanwhile, Thames Valley Police reported that a man entered Windsor Castle’s restricted grounds shortly after 1pm on Sunday, June 1. Met police quickly arrested him after challenging him. He avoided entering Windsor Castle’s interior.

He was detained on suspicion of trespassing on a public property and possessing class A drugs. Thames Valley Police are looking into his bail, and an investigation is ongoing.

Just last year, the Prince and Princess of Wales suffered another terrifying security breach after masked intruders allegedly smashed down a barrier and scaled a six-foot fence to get access to the Windsor Castle estate.

The two men allegedly entered the estate at night to break into a barn to steal farm vehicles before departing on a pick-up truck and quad bike.

William and Kate were reportedly sleeping with their three children at Adelaide Cottage when King Charles and Queen Camilla were not present at the time.

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The Windsor Castle-centric Adelaide Cottage is a short drive away from the estate’s 655-acre location. The Waleses can almost certainly see King Charles while he is a resident at the castle with relative ease because of this.

Chances to save ex-England cricketer’s daughter, inquest told

An inquest has determined that the daughter of a former Glamorgan and England cricket player could have been saved if she had received the appropriate care.

A post-mortem examination revealed that Bethan James, 21, from Cardiff, had died on February 9, 2020, and had died from a combination of sepsis, pneumonia, and Crohn’s disease.

She had been previously diagnosed with Crohn’s, according to the inquest at Pontypridd Coroner’s Court.

In the days leading up to her death, the hearing was informed that Ms. James had been hospitalized on numerous occasions.

She died the following day after her condition worsened and she was taken to a hospital on February 8.

Her mother informed the coroner that nowhere was the possibility that her daughter had sepsis.

Bethan received treatment at the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff, according to the inquest.

Ms. James claimed that knowing that her daughter could have been saved would have saved her life. She also claimed that receiving the appropriate care and treatment for sepsis would have saved her.

Steve James, who was born in Gloucestershire and made his Glamorgan debut in 1985, is Bethan’s father.

Before resigning in 2004 due to a long-standing knee injury, he previously worked as an English journalist for the Times.

‘Corpses rotting in the Nile’ as cholera tears through Sudan

Tens of thousands of people came home to check on their homes and reunite with loved ones after Sudan’s army recaptured Khartoum, the country’s capital region, in March.

The shock of returning was tempered by the damage that had been done for nearly two years by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a paramilitary organization that has been fighting the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) since April 2023, which are widely recognized as Sudanese and the UN as the de facto authority there.

Many returnees started becoming sick in a region where the RSF had systematic plundernied hospitals and food and drug stores.

[El-Tayeb Siddig/Reuters] Soldiers in the capital after the Sudanese army resurrected as some displaced residents returned to Khartoum’s devastated state on March 26, 2025.

Omdurman falters

In Omdurman, one of the three cities in the country’s capital, where many of the returnees lived, there were only slightly better living conditions. Due to the RSF’s continued presence in several areas of Omdurman, preventing it from frequent clashes, pillaging, and looting, several of them never came under their control.

According to Dr. Dirar Abeer, a member of Khartoum’s Emergency Response Rooms, neighborhood committees spearheading relief efforts across the country, “thousands of people]return] from Egypt alone.”

According to Dr. Abeer, the crowding contributed to the rapid spread of cholera, a severe, highly contagious diarrhoeal disease that is endemic to Sudan and can be fatal if left untreated.

According to Badawi, a volunteer in Omdurman who declined to give his full name because speaking in a warzone is difficult, “There are a lot of corpses rotting next to]or in] the Nile, and this has partially] caused the spread of infection.”

In Sudan, hundreds have died in the past two weeks from cholera, which has spread throughout several states, including White Nile and Gadarif.

Similar to Khartoum, overcrowding and a lacked essential services in these areas contributed to the spread.

According to Fazli Kostan, the project manager for Doctors Without Borders, which is known by its French names as MSF, basic sanitation and provisions could stop the waterborne disease.

However, he claimed that this is not currently possible because Omdurman’s electricity grids went offline on May 14.

The RSF fired a number of suicide drones that day, which severely damaged major power plants and grids, shutting down water treatment plants, and causing a sharp rise in cases.

People have resorted to drinking contaminated water from the Nile and removing water from the ground after it rains because they lack safe drinking and bathing water, according to Badawi.

Between May 15 and May 25, according to the SAF-backed Ministry of Health, a significant rise in daily cholera deaths occurred in the national capital region, with at least 172 people passing away between May 20 and May 27.

According to the UN, daily cases increased from 90 to more than 815 in the latter half of May.

Patients waited patiently in the streets.

The disease-stricken person frequently flies to the closest hospital, putting strain on an already underdeveloped and underprepared health sector. Local volunteers, however, claimed that many people who don’t have life-threatening symptoms would benefit from staying at home and isolating themselves.

According to them, the overcrowding in hospitals has increased the spread of the disease and increased the strain on the already defunct healthcare system.

The rate of patients coming to the hospitals is much higher than we can handle, according to Kareem al-Noor, a doctor at Omdurman’s al-Nao hospital. “We do not have enough medication or medical tools.”

“The remaining hospitals are full, and people are also waiting for treatment, and there are crowded on the streets,” al-Noor continued.

Dr. Abeer believes that the health authorities, which are funded by SAF, are not adequately combating the epidemic. She believes the current health authorities could be doing more, despite the fact that the RSF had largely destroyed the sector.

Al Jazeera emailed Dr. Montasser Towarra, the spokesperson for the MoH, to inquire about the steps the ministry is taking to assist volunteers and provide basic necessities.

By the time this article was published, he had not responded.

Sudanese women from community kitchens run by local volunteers distribute meals
In Omdurman, July 27, 2024, Sudanese women from neighborhood volunteers distribute meals to people who are at risk of starvation and extreme hunger.

The crisis is made worse by hunger.

A serious hunger crisis also exists in Sudan.

Millions of Sudanese have struggled to feed their families as a result of the civil war’s spoiled harvests, the systematic looting of markets, food aid, and the destruction of homes and livelihoods.

About 25 million people, or more than half the population, are currently experiencing severe food shortages, according to the UN.

According to Alex De Waal, an expert on Sudan and famine, hunger can weaken people’s bodies and cause an acute rise in contagious diseases.

He noted that people who are also near starvation have always been more likely to die from diseases, especially children.

De Waal warned that “we could see an excess of hundreds of thousands of deaths]resulting from these factors over the coming year.”

Up to one million children could perish from cholera unless the spread is stopped right away, according to the UN.

De Waal argued that the only way to address the health crisis is to repair basic infrastructures like water and sewers, which would improve sanitation.

He thinks that the army, which is essentially the ruling body, shouldn’t prioritize fixing the army’s fundamental services.

Nabil Abdullah, a spokesperson for the SAF, was contacted by Al Jazeera to inquire about whether the army plans to repair crucial resources like bombed electricity grids.

According to Abdullah, “The Ministry of Health is in charge of these inquiries, not the army.”

Additionally, the MoH’s Tawarra did not respond to these inquiries.

De Waal believes that the army prioritizes combat operations against the RSF.

James Haskell says he’d still be married to Chloe Madeley if he’d stopped doing one thing

After five years of marriage, former rugby players James Haskell and Chloe Madeley decided to call it quits in 2023 and welcomed their daughter Bodhi, a two-year-old.

James Haskell’s depressing divorce from Chloe Madeley has come out.

James Haskell has lifted the lid on his sad divorce from Chloe Madeley in a candid admission. The former rugby star, 38, called it quits with the daughter of This Morning icons Richard Madeley and Judy Finnigan in 2023, a year after their daughter, Bodhi, was born.

Bodhi, who they both adore, is still the couple’s child. James has acknowledged that he could have made more effort in the relationship with Chloe, citing one of the causes of their breakup as being drinking. James claimed that the former couple’s final year together was a “difficult period” despite the fact that his love of alcohol contributed to the marriage’s breaking point.

Chloe Madeley, James Haskell and Bodhi selfie
James Haskell and Chloe Madeley split up when their daughter was one(Image: Instagram/madeleychloe)

Speaking to the Mail, he said: “If I put more time into my marriage than I did Guinness, then I wouldn’t be divorced now.

I have such a strong love for my daughter and Chloe, but it’s one of those things in life that doesn’t work out. It involves collaboration.

When a marriage ends, it’s all about the kids, as we all know. We are amazing co-parents, Chloe and I. Bodhi is always our top priority.

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James also revealed that he’s currently single, having reportedly dated advertising executive Helen Barclay and Big Brother star Sara McLean, 35, earlier this year.

The rugby player claimed that his top priority is “being the best dad in the best order” and that his romantic life is currently in jeopardy.

Chloe, meanwhile, has vowed to stay single. She has spoken openly about the difficulty of their breakup, describing the last year of her marriage with James as “one of the worst periods of my life”. The TV star is not yet back on the dating scene, having remained single since their split.

When a fan on an Instagram Q&A asked: “What do you look for in a guy??” Chloe replied: “I don’t [laughing emoji] I’m very happily committed to being and staying single [upside down smiley face emoji].”

After James was spotted with Sara at the Cheltenham Festival, the personal trainer took to social media to share a very cryptic post.

A sheep with a giant bucket covering its head was captured on video by Chloe, who captioned it “Me.” It’s really nice inside.” She’s at a point in her life where peace is a top priority and negativity cannot exist, according to the audio’s subtitles. She no longer has the same level of energy.

She is merely removing herself from any circumstance that doesn’t resonate with her soul. She’s moving on, then, if you start moving funny.

Chloe later stated in her Stories that she is “more joyful than I’ve been in years and I’m not emotionally involved in anyone else’s love life in any way, shape or form.”

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Dutch Prime Minister Schoof resigns after far-right Wilders quits coalition

Just hours after far-right icon Geert Wilders withdrew support for the coalition government in an immigration-related row, Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof announced his resignation.

Wilders announced on Tuesday that his Party for Freedom (PVV) had withdrawn from the right-wing coalition because its three partners had failed to support his efforts to restrict immigration. This caused the government to go into a bind.

“No signature required by our asylum plans.” After a brief meeting of party leaders in parliament, the PVV leader said in a post on X.

Schoof announced he would step down following an emergency cabinet meeting that was set up following Wilders’ announcement.

According to the Reuters news agency, Wilders’s PVV ministers would leave the cabinet, while the rest would continue to serve as a caretaker government, adding that any new elections are likely to be held until October.

Geert Wilders resigns from the coalition government in The Hague [Photo: Peter Dejong/AP]

‘Irresponsible’

Wilders’ coalition partners accused him of putting his country’s interests before those of his own at a crucial time for Europe.

“Our continent is in a war,” he declared. Wilders is demonstrating that he is unwilling to accept responsibility, according to Dilan Yesilgoz, the leader of the conservative People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy.

The center-right leader of the centrist New Social Contract, Nicolien van Vroonhoven, described the flamboyant far-right figure as “irresponsible at this point.”

The Labour/Green Left alliance’s leader Frans Timmermans said he could not “see any other way to form a stable government” than through early elections.

Dilan Yesilgoz, leader of the right-wing People's Party for Freedom and Democracy, arrives for a meeting in The Hague to discuss Geert Wilders' immigration demands.
People’s Party for Freedom and Democracy leader Dilan Yesilgoz claims she was “shocked” by Wilders’ action.

The Netherlands’ “Demise”

The PVV capitalized on Europe’s rising populist tide with promises to combat immigration to claim the most votes in the November 2023 elections, which came in at 23 percent.

However, Schoof, an unelected career bureaucrat, emerged as a compromise candidate after Wilders failed to win enough votes to become prime minister. There was no ministerial position for Wilders.

Wilders has repeatedly criticized the coalition for putting his party’s immigration proposals into practice.

The PVV’s support has dropped to about 20%, matching its polls-reported level with the Labour/Green Left alliance, despite continuing to be popular.

Wilders urged the coalition to approve a 10-point plan to reduce immigration, including mobilizing the army to patrol Dutch borders and rejecting all asylum requests last week.

As he explained his exit, Wilders told reporters on Tuesday, “I signed up for the toughest asylum policy and not the Netherlands’ downfall.”

The decision comes a day after Karol Nawrocki, a nationalist conservative, was declared the winner of Poland’s presidential election, giving right-wing populists a leg up in Europe.

Law change on ‘double-touch’ penalties after Alvarez row

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Accidental “double-touch” penalties will only be permitted to be recovered if the kick was successful.

Following controversy in Atletico Madrid’s Champions League last-16 second-leg tie against Real Madrid in March, European football’s governing body Uefa requested that the laws governing these uncommon circumstances be revised.

Julian Alvarez, an Argentina international, slipped as he converted on a penalty kick and made a slight contact with the ball with his standing leg.

Real won the shootout and made it to the quarter-finals, much to the home side’s fury at the time and later.

Atletico inquired with Uefa about the validity of Alvarez’s penalty, but the governing body insisted that “under the current rule, the video assistant referee (VAR) had to call the referee to signal that the goal should be disallowed.”

The kicker must not play the ball again until it has touched another player, according to Article 14.1.

However, Uefa stated that it would be in discussions with Ifab and Fifa, the world’s governing body, regarding instances where a double touch is “clearly unintentional.”

The law does not specifically address what to do in the event of an accidental double-touch, and Ifab has since stated that referees have “understandably” been penalizing players at this point.

The board clarified that all national associations and confederations have received clarification because Law 14’s main goal is to address deliberate double standards.

Ifab acknowledged that a double touch could not possibly be deemed a goal and that such kicks could stand as a goal because the ball’s altered trajectory could prejudice goalkeepers.

However, it has now clarified that a “double-touch” kick that was scored accidentally should be retaken rather than ruled out.

An indirect free-kick will be awarded to the opposing team if they are unsuccessful during a game or when they are missed in a shootout.

The updated law will take effect on July 1st, but Ifab asserted that competitions may use it starting after that date.

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