A man who allegedly tried to break into Buckingham Palace carrying a knife has been charged.
David Belmar, 44, was arrested after he attempted to enter the Queen's London home at around 11.30am.
Tonight he was charged with trespass on a protected site and possession of a bladed article and will appear in court on Tuesday.
Officers chased the suspect as he ran through the palace's north gate, which is open for vehicles, and dragged him to the ground. When he was searched they found a weapon.
Royal incident: Police outside Buckingham Palace today after a 44-year-old tried to get in with a knife
Arrest: The intruder sprinted in via its north gate (pictured guarded by police), which is open for cars, at around 11.30am
Relief: Queen Elizabeth, pictured last week, was not at home today when they security alert happened, Palace officials said
Buckingham Palace officials said that the Queen was not in the building when Belmar, from Haringey in North London, tried to get in.
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The man was searched and found to be in possession of a knife, which was seized,' a Met spokesman said.
Held: Victor Miller, 37, who was arrested for allegedly breaking in to Buckingham Palace last month
'He was arrested on suspicion of trespassing on a protected site and possession of an offensive weapon'.
Belmar is now in custody at a London police station awaiting trial at West London Magistrate's Court on Tuesday.
There were no injuries.
Onlookers said the man had been behaving erratically when he suddenly ran at the north centre gate, the main vehicle access for VIPs known as the Privy Gate.
The incident came just a month after a suspected burglar was arrested after being discovered in a royal state room at Buckingham Palace.
DJ Victor Miller, 37, was found 'in an area currently open to the public during the day' after scaling a 12ft fence to get into the palace.
Miller, from Bow, East London, was arrested for burglary, trespass and criminal damage and was held in a mental health unit for 28 days for assessment.
The following day Prince Andrew reacted with fury at gun-wielding officers who mistook him for an intruder at Buckingham Palace and asked him to 'verify his identity'.
Two heavily-armed policemen confronted him as he walked in broad daylight through the grounds.
The fifth-in-line to the throne stood his ground asking the officers 'Don't you know who I am?' and was said to have ‘made his thoughts plain’ during the highly charged confrontation that followed.
A royal source said: ‘He was incredibly, incredibly angry. It was very much a case of guns being pointed at him and “halt who goes there”.’
Police issued a humiliating apology to the Duke of York over the extraordinary error.
Interest: Tourists crowd the area and take photographs where the armed 44-year-old was wrestled to the floor this morning
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