An intruder with a ‘heavy rucksack’ allegedly managed to break into Kensington Palace grounds twice in the run-up to Christmas.
Derek Egan has been accused of scaling the fence before being caught and arrested on December 21.
But just two days later the 39-year-old was arrested again for trespassing after allegedly breaking in a second time.
He appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday where he reportedly hammered on the glass, The Sun reports.
‘I am not granting him bail. The Attorney General needs to consider any further security risks before granting consent to prosecute.’
The Metropolitan Police said: ‘On Tuesday, 23 December, Derek Egan, 39 (23.05.86) of Clayfield Way, Hillingdon was charged with trespassing on a protected site and breaching bail conditions.
‘He was remanded in custody and appeared at Bromley Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, 24 December.
‘The charges relate to incidents on Sunday, 21 December and Tuesday, 23 December when Egan was arrested on suspicion of trespassing on a protected site in Palace Green, Kensington.’
It is not clear if any royals were in grounds at the time of the intrusions.
It is the official residence of the Prince and Princess of Wales and their three children, but they have lived in Anmer Hall in Norfolk since 2022.
But Kensington Palace is home to the late Queen’s cousin, the Duke of Gloucester, 81, and his wife Birgitte van Deurs, 79, who live in its Old Stables.
Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank also live in Nottingham Cottage on the grounds with their two sons.
But this is hardly the first incidence of a royal palace being breached.
In August 2023, Thuraisingham Kumanaraj climbed over gates of Buckingham Palace – but told police he didn’t know where he was and was just looking for somewhere to pee.
But police seized his phone and discovered he had been searching online for Buckingham Palace as well as members of the royal family.
In 2019 a 22-year-old man scaled the fence of Buckingham Palace in the early hours of the morning and got just metres away from the Queen.
The intruder was banging on doors in an attempt to get inside the palace as the head of state slept in her bedroom.
Probably the most famous Buckingham Palace break-in, however, was in 1982, when unemployed labourer Michael Fagan climbed over the palace walls and got into the Queen’s bedroom.
The monarch pushed the panic button by her bed but got no response while the 31-year-old schizophrenic began talking about his family problems.
She phoned the switchboard but the operator thought it was a prank and couldn’t have been the Queen herself.
Fagan smashed a glass ashtray and threatened to cut his wrists with it as he sat on the end of the Queen’s bed.
The monarch’s long-time aide Paul Whybrew eventually arrived, calmed him down before wrestling him to the ground.
