Man, 20, charged under UK Treason Act after being caught with crossbow at Windsor Castle

The last person to be convicted under the separate and more serious 1351 Treason Act was William Joyce, also known as Lord Haw-Haw, who collaborated with Germany during the Second World War

Windsor Castle. File Picture: Steve Parsons/PA

A man has been charged under the UK's Treason Act after he was arrested while allegedly carrying a crossbow in the grounds of Windsor Castle “with intent to injure”  Queen Elizabeth on Christmas Day, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said.

Scotland Yard said Jaswant Singh Chail, from Southampton, has been charged with an offence under section 2 of the Treason Act 1842.