People locomotion their dogs connected the Long Walk astatine Windsor, England, connected Christmas Day, Saturday, Dec. 25, 2021. Britain's Queen Elizabeth II has stayed astatine Windsor Castle alternatively of spending Christmas astatine her Sandringham property owed to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant) (Alastair Grant, Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

LONDON – British constabulary person applied for a “no-fly” portion implicit Windsor Castle arsenic it reviews information arrangements astatine the landmark wherever Queen Elizabeth II has spent overmuch of the pandemic.

If granted, a restricted airspace bid would forestall craft from flying up to 2,500 feet (762 meters) supra and 1.5 nautical miles (around 3 kilometers) astir the castle.

“This was not brought astir successful effect to immoderate circumstantial menace oregon intelligence, but was intended to further heighten the information astatine what is an iconic determination and support the assemblage surviving adjacent safe,” constabulary said Sunday.

On Christmas Day, constabulary arrested a 19-year-old antheral who allegedly was successful possession of a crossbow astatine the castle. The Metropolitan Police said helium had been kept successful a infirmary nether the Mental Health Act.

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